Resaon

Reason

What is so modern, so modern today,

That I place my evil on shelf far away,

Contemporized thought from a modernized man,

And, delve into reason the best that I can.

Indulge every sense ‘til I’m senseless within,

Remove from the lexicon obsolete “sin”,

So my inner child is now free from all doubt,

And, all thanks to reason; I’ve reasoned it out.

If reason gets cloudy, or fuzzy or blurred,

There must be a reason that this has occurred,

For “evil” and “good” are the puzzlers I see,

But, I’ve reasoned “evil” from the depths of me!

If “evil” exists from within then I look,

From modern to ancient, I search every book,

There’s reason the Bible exists still today,

Christ lives and forgives for what I shelved away!

Peter Lowell Paulson

October 19, 2016