Theistic religions teach
that humans are
not just cups half full,
not just chipped a little,
but cracked so that the
brackish liquid inside
seeps out and what
remains is emptiness.
It takes the power of
a divine being
to seal the cracks,
repair the chips and
fill the cup with
fresh and tasty spring water.
Without this divinity
we are all just filthy cracked cups
lying in a mirky gutter.
Humanists teach that the
cup might well be cracked
and roughly chipped,
but the water inside is still good
and that it takes a community
and compassionate beings,
forming together with the self-healing
potential of the cup,
to bring the whole to the cup together.
And even if the water
in the cup goes bad,
there is a spring of humanity
that can fill that cup
with sweet water again,
We are cups worthy of display
in a grand cabinet for all
to see.
23/11/2017