Religion

There is Reason
to Believe
The Wordsmiths
Who Built the Word

Religion

Hammered It Together
Using Nails
Made of

Ligare,

the Latin Word for

Binding.

The Question came:
Bind with What?

It turned out
there was
a Reliable Surplus of

Fear,

Renowned for Its
Captivating Powers,
Especially the Fear
that came,
still Molten,
from the Furnaces of
an Imagined

Hell.

Some have Tried
to Overlay
The Fire with

Love,

but Love
Will Not Bind
with Fear.

(Photo by Mathieu Odin; UnSplash)