the control
in the grand experiment of the cosmos, we are the control
god sits at a desk, perfecting his fledgling omnipotent powers
using his omnisicence to make things right and create things better
imagine a time when God intervened before Eve took the apple
imagine a class where God explained the reasoning behind evil and inequality
imagine a place where the unseen is seen and the numinous is within reach
inside the laboratory of life
tucked into a dark recessed corner
a small blue globe slowly spins atop a once shiny pedestal
look closer at the label, brush away the cobwebs
reveal the faded sign that reads, "earth v1.0"
imagine the burning bush as just a bush burning
imagine Jesus Christ as just a man
imagine the Bible as fabrication and fiction
sometimes god wanders by and sees six billion isolated hands
collectively stretched towards the heavens
desperate for answers and longing for peace
he cannot help us because every experiment needs a control
"earth v1.0" is a cautionary tale to the other Creators
this is what happens when humans are left to their own devices
every murder, war and sin is another reason for god to divinely intervene
on some other world, for some other place, for some other people
we who cannot be saved because we are not the chosen
are forced to answer back with futile prayers and screams
that echo long into the Milky Way to eventually fall upon
Deaf
scientific ears
