The fool has said in his heart
There is no God… “For me!”
“For me” becomes the operative term
I trust you will agree.
Whether or not there is a God
Really does not matter,
To the fool this is his personal view
Hence, do not blame any other.
“For me” nails it right to the floor
No buts, no ifs, no anything,
“For me” identifies who is the fool
Whatever argument one brings.
“For me” says this is my quest
For me says I’m a fool like no other,
For while most fools are ignorant
Folly is my endeavor.
Folly enters via the mind
But its destination is the heart
And then it becomes nigh impossible
To tear the two apart.
Folly is like a cancer
That grows and grows and grows
And the mind that used to think
Now slows and slows and slows.
The fool soon begins to believe
What is naturally unreal,
Everyone, but he, becomes the fool
And he grades all with a ‘fail’.
There is no God “for me”
Becomes more and more acute
And his heart is heard above all else
As the mind increasingly mutes.
“In his heart”, the Bible says,
Hence, the mind has gone to sleep,
The two were designed to work together
Now it’s only the heart that speaks.
“For me” the unspoken expression
Louder than the spoken words,
Expressed from a heart of derision
Makes the speaker more absurd.
“For me” holds him accountable
The ‘him’ here being the fool
And not any learning institution,
Be it a church or a school.
“For me” is not in the original quote
So, it was obviously an add on,
No doubt by the fool it referred to
Have a good day, my friends,
I am gone!
Stewart Russell © February 9, 2022
