Sultans of Separation

Why have We Let
the Experts at
Damned Dichotomy –
Heaven or Hell,
Saved or Lost –
Draw the Maps and
Write the Instruction Manuals,
Compose the Curricula and
Cut the Paychecks?

Their Lexicon is Endless:

Good or Evil,
God or Satan,
Win or Lose,
Right or Wrong.

The Sultans of Separation.

Imagining in Nightmares
of Being

Something Other than
Divine.

As If
That Could Ever
Be.

They’ve Dressed Fear
In a Bogeyman’s Mask.

Perhaps It’s Time to
Set a Trap of
Undiluted Love,

Bait It with Joy,

from Which Fear
Cannot Escape.

Adopt Separation
Into the Family and
Change Its Name to
Laughter.

(Photo by Brooke Cagle; UnSplash)