Soliloquy #2

ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT

BROUGHT ON BY MEDICINE

NOT BY WORRY

ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT

WATCHING SHADOWS RUN ACROSS THE ROOM

AS CARS GO BY

TIME WAS WHEN THEY WERE MONSTERS

BUT I’VE OUT GROWN THEM

NOW THEY LISTEN TO ME

AS I TALK TO THEM

ABOUT QUESTIONS THAT HAVE NO ANSWERS

OR AT LEAST SATISFACTORY ANSWERS

LIKE WHY ARE CHRISTIANS

KNOWN MORE FOR HATE

THAN LOVE

SO VOLTAIRE CAN SAY

OF ALL RELIGIONS,

CHRISTIANITY IS WITHOUT A DOUBT

THE ONE THAT SHOULD INSPIRE TOLERANCE MOST,

ALTHOUGH, UP TO NOW,

THE CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN

THE MOST INTOLERANT OF ALL MEN

OR AS JOHN ADAMS OUR SECOND PRESIDENT SAID

THIS WOULD BE THE BEST

OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS,

IF THERE WERE NO RELIGION IN IT

IF WE ARE MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE

SHOULD WE NOT BE GOD-LIKE

AND BE LOVING

FOR GOD IS LOVE

IT SHOULD BE THE MEASURE

BY WHICH WE MEASURE

ALL THINGS

BIBLE VERSES

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

RELIGIONS

ANYTHING WHICH DIMINISHES MAN

GOD’S SPECIAL CREATION

WHY ARE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

OFTEN GLOOMY

WHY DO GOOD PEOPLE

OFTEN GIVE CHURCHES

A BAD NAME

PLACES

WHERE A SINNER

WOULD NOT FEEL WELCOME

FOR IF WE EXCLUDE HIM

HOW WILL HE HEAR THE WORD

BUT AS FOR ME

I KNOW THE SUN WILL NEVER SET

NOR THE MOON CHANGE ITS SIZE

THE LORD WILL SHINE ETERNAL LIGHT UPON ME

AND MY DAYS OF SORROW WILL END

AND I SHALL WAIT FOR THAT MOMENT

MORE THAN WATCHMAN WAIT

FOR THE DAWN

BUT AS FOR ME

IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO FIND FAULT

BUT TO LIVE EACH DAY

EACH PRECIOUS DAY

AS A PERSON MOTIVATED BY LOVE

TO KEEP MY LAMP TRIMMED

AND BE WAITING WHEN THE LORD COMES FOR ME

FRANK A VOLLMER