Ethical Culture

The fear of death and the unknown
haunts mankind since the dawn of time,
they then created gods and images divine
in order to avoid morbidity, decline,
a heaven, angels, hell and afterlife
to counter misery and strife,
immoral scoundrels would burn in hell,
good souls would live eternally quite well
up in some delightful, heavenly abode
where they would at the sinners gloat,
't was a story told by priests and kings
who promised the poor masses angel wings
and the good life after they are dead
while lords and priests feathered their bed,
sold them Jesus, Jehovah, Allah, Zeus,
misled poor souls with their ruse,
morality was sold quite dear,
the people paid for it with fear,
and now the time has come for all to shout:
Let's throw those gods and priests finally out,
this is a random, unfeeling universe
and supernatural illusions are perverse,
for god-imposed morality we cannot wish
in a world where sharks eat little fish,
there is nothing below and nothing above,
the only thing we have is love,
let existentialist morality be our fare
where all men for each other care,
give each man devotion and respect
and never animosity, war and neglect,
our angels and our heavens can be here,
only the hell we make we have to fear,
we're here today and gone tomorrow,
let's give each other joy - not sorrow,
refuse to be this world's vulture,
unite together in Ethical Culture...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2006 Alfred Charasz