Killing The Buddha

A Spiritual Dilemma

Killing the Buddha

 

 

God is Dead

He died yesterday from nothing

Buddha playfully disappeared

into the void

Jesus ran away toward s the abyss

To accept Lucifer’s offer

Krishna went insane

His horse kicked him in the head

Mohammed is incapacitated by his laughter

As He watched the infidels die

Abraham pulls out the hairs on his head

As His son s corpse decomposes

Lao Tzu weeps

Over a broken twig

 

We are Alone, Many and  One

Separated, confined, merged and unmerged

Confused, deluded, weak and feeble

Anointed, appointed, whole and strong

Afraid to Live, Afraid to Die

We go the Middle Way

 

We yearn to Know

What we do not know

We know nothing

Yet we know everything

We hunger to be enlightened

But we prefer to swim in the dark

For in the dark

Is where the light lies

 

How then does one go about

Killing the Buddha

When there’s no one to kill

But Ourselves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[[untitled]]

An interesting, if nihilistic, piece of verse. Very well done!

Less interesting than what we do know is what we presume to know. Scientists have recently calculated that over 95 percent of the universe is of "stuff" (dark matter and energy) that we haven't even been able to positively understand in any substantive way. And yet here we are presuming to know so much about the Cosmos. Worse yet, we run away from what we cannot prove, then claim the unprovable does not exist. Hmmm. Arrogance, thy name is materialism!

I look forward to reading more of your work soon!

[Hunter Zabbai]

"How then does one go about
Killing the Buddha
When there's no one to kill
But Ourselves?"

Perfect. Theories based off of optimistic-realism and fact-based evidence.

[Freder Fredersen (aka G..]

I enjoyed this more than a fireworks finale after an icecream sundae! It's a Swiftian swing with Hermann Hesse's Axe. Fantastic! Amazing! Thought provoking word things!!!! Amen! Selah! Boo Bop Shuwadda bing!

Your humble and blatantly awkward observer,
FF

[Viper9]

I think this is my favourite of yours, Bob -- into the "favourites" it goes!

Why indeed must we kill the Buddha? Is it a case of "Kill your gods before they kill you"?

[Salvatore Buttaci]

Your poem brings to light the sadness of a world so intent in killing the deity when, as you so aptly, put it, we kill ourselves.

[tinalouise]

You are such a gift Bob - I tingle in anticipation of a new read from you and soar through your words first once in a breathless mouthful - then again in slow and measured doses to take in each and every image and emotion. As I read I mentally note the lines I want to mention and inevitably discover that it is every line that I want to mention.

In this, the opening two alone were enough to satisfy... the rest was sheer glutony and I am satiated from this long period of missing your writing. You are, for me, the narrator or life and you do it with wisdom, insight, humour and a virtual *sigh.

Sumptuous.

Namste,
TIna

[Frank F. Atanacio]

makes me wonder... really wonder so that means this write did its job well penned my devilish friend :)

[CLUTZ]

wow.....logical, thoughtful, it would be nice to know what made u write this.....but it was cool, i liked it.

[Penelope Allen]

hello Bob! I seem to be finding a lot of dire circumstances this morning when reading poetry. This poem and Francisco's go hand in hand into the abyss. Abyss - a beautiful word. I was intrigued by your use of capital letters throughout the poem. Another point to ponder amongst the brimstone.

[Fairplay]

Suicide is Lethal

I could of course just Die Laughing
the world has turned upside down
The great USA now gone it's own way
changed from white to a medium brown

We in England got Brown in power first
though what he does goodness knows
Seems so funny he played with our money
yet he cant explain where it goes

I'm not a budhist a christian or jew
but still happy smiling and free
I am not on the shelf I beleive in myself
that's just how I like it to be

I dont know the answers to life
the simply fact how long can I live
Make no mistake it's all give and take
and knowing when not to forgive