THE ''ISOLATION OF OUR LORD''
The “Isolation of Our Lord”:
That strange myth of suffering
From love for humanity – forlorn beings
Stubbing their toes in endless confusion
And self-destructive stupidity,
From the Trojan Wars to the Crucifixion
To all the other tragedies, - World Wars One, Two, Three, Four:
It is the sense that we do not know
What we do, that draws compassion –
Thinking for Spring to come, -
Is necessary for millennia that human sacrifice
Is necessary for Spring to come,-
Even though there is such great capacity
For nastiness – due to millennia
Of evolutionary pressure upon human groups
That fought against others for survival:
The myth and hope that we could get beyond that
Is the real beacon light.
Paintings by: Anne Cloudsley
