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The 'One, True Path' Of God
(Or, "If We Just Hold Out, We'll Be All White!")
God has told us that we never have to change,
Since we tread upon "God's One, True Path!"
And so, we will seek to forcibly arrange
For all of the world to feel our wrath!
And we will hide behind God's "chosen words"—
The words we chose, as we have all concurred!
And damn all of those others who follow just
The Word Of God with "In God We Trust!"
For, they do not know how it feels to seek
Validation in what God has never revealed!
Because deep down inside, we fear ourselves,
And that is why we seek to create this Hell!
So, watch us band together with hoods in place
To run from the demons that we cannot face!
For, we tread upon "God's One, True Path,"
The one that lets us express our wrath!
Because it is confirmed by what we claim
That God always wants us to stay the same!
And by God's Word—which we have arranged—
God has told us that we never have to change!
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"
My Writing Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: This poem was originally written on "The Official White House Poet" blog, which is one of the sixteen blogs that I decided to relocate within my current blogs. And it was originally published on "The Official White House Poet" blog on July 9th, 2010, along with a poem that I wrote on that same day titled, "The End Of The Civil War," which is published on this blog.
And I republished this poem on my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blogs on April 9th, 2015, which was the day after I republished "The End Of The Civil War" on April 8th, 2015, in order to represent the 150th Anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment to The United States Constitution, which "abolished slavery and involuntary servitude..." (The Thirteenth Amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864 and by the House on January 31, 1865; and was ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865; and was then proclaimed on December 18, 1865.)
And so now, I decided to republished this poem on April 9th, 2022 in order to represent the 157th Anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment, as well as to represent the day that I republished this poem on my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blogs. It is also representative of the poem "The End Of The Civil War," which I republished the day before this poem, since the two poems were originally published on the same day and are related by topic with regard to racial bigotry and discrimination. (Please see "The Thirteenth Amendment to The Constitution of the United States" in labels for the poem.)
And this poem was also published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" and "Small All White in the Forest."
This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com
"Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):
"The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865. The amendment was ratified by the required number of states on December 6, 1865. On December 18, 1865, Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed its adoption. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 182 was edited on December 7th, 2023.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
