The Great Omission

I Wanted to See
What My Spiritual
Forebears Considered
to Be Those Virtues
I Should Cultivate.

Lord Knows There Is
Much Room for Improvement.

I Began With
The Book.

At Least The
King James Version of
The Book.

Aha!

First Letter of
Apostle Paul to
The Corinthians:

“And Now These Three Remain:
Faith, Hope, and Love.
but the Greatest of These Is
Love.”

High Five, Apostle!
I Love It!

Then I Found These,

From the Greek Philosphers,
Plato and His Pals,

The Cardinal Virtues:

Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance.

Fist Bump, Plato!
I Like It!

But Something Is Missing.
Then It Comes To Me,
While Scratching My Chin.

The Great Omission!

Thank God for
Saint Robin Williams.

LAUGHTER!

Give Me a Hug, Robin!
I Cherish It!

(Photo from TikTok)

 

Scrivener’s Error

The Being
of Love, Light, and Laughter
Whom Some Call
God –
I Prefer Creator
or, How About
Maker?

Why Has That Being
Been Typecast,
from Primitive Tropes,
as Being an Unsmiling
Demander of
Worship and Obedience?

Who Once Dealt With
Failure to Bend at the Knee
With Enough Rainwater
to Submerge Every
Earthly Inhabitant,
Infant or Grampa,
Plant or Creature,
Until They
Stopped Breathing.

Except for Eight Survivors,
Huddled In a Boat,
Forewarned to Bring Along a Small Zoo
of Four-Legged Critter Pairs.

What If
That Maker
Is Truly a
Cosmic Comedian,
Who Once,
It Is Reported,
Had His Son
Tell the Crowds
They Must Become
Mischievous Children-at-Heart
To Merit
The Maker’s Grin.

To Become Robin Williams,
or Lucille Ball,
or The Marx Brothers,
or Those Little Rascals?

What If
“Worshipped and Obeyed”
Was a Sad
Scrivener’s Error?

(Photo By Yunus Tuğ; UnSplash)