Only Man Has Needs

Philosophical thoughts set to pen of page as an attempt at Poetry ...

Only Man Has Needs

Written By Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

Copyright © 2021 Marvin Thomas Cox

DBA: Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

All Rights Reserved

Only Man has needs:

needs to be pleased,

needs to be honored,

needs to be obeyed,

needs to be praised

-- in prayers of dismay.

Only Man has needs:

needs to be seen,

needs to be known,

needs to be that one alone,

at the center of one's life

-- or else -- the knife.

Only Man has needs:

needs recognition,

needs respect,

needs to rule,

needs to conquer

-- as a victor's spoil ...

Only Man has needs:

needs never satisfied,

needs always insatiable,

needs never to be denied,

needs of a nonexistent God,

most ineptly unable,

to live up to his own

-- fictional fairytale's fable ...

(Written September 27^th, 2021)

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think man is fiction...
nature is real, no real needs, it nurtures itself.
and I think man might need all of these things just to impress woman.
But most of the time, they just want love and understanding, not ego.
I really like this piece, Marvin.
j.

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thaks, Jacob,

this piece is sort of a play on words and a bit of satire's sarcasm to the concept of God, God who has needs just like Man: Needs to be loved, needs to be worshipped, needs shelter, (Temple in Jerusalem & Mansions & a House in Heaven) needs food (Sacrifices upon the Altar, Shewbread), and damn sure needs money (Tithes & Offerings) ... Glad you enjoyed it ...

Marve

[Lisasview]

Good morning dear Marvin,
I can feel the underlying pain and sadness in your poem...and hoping that time will help mend some of the sorrow.
At the end and always ... man needs love..true love...
Hugs to you this morning from Spain, Lisa

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Lisa,

Bearing in mind that this piece was written close to near a year and a half before my wife's death, the pain you feel is that of a man who had devoted his life to teaching a Gospel (Literally means God-Spell) that in time of in depth research and a touch of Seminary (Literally Semen, where the seeds are planed within the minds of ignorant superstitious men ready and willing to deceive and mentally enslave their fellow men as Man) is that which is revealed to pen of page as that inner rage of knowing and proclaiming that Man needs only Truth, and not Taxes, Tithes, & Lies ... You are a very sweet lady Lisa, and it is a grand honor to have met and to know you ... Please do tell your husband that I have said hello to, both, you and him ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[Lisasview]

You are most welcome and I will tell Bob you said hello.
Whenever this was written I could feel the pain and actually the anger in the poem..
Lisa

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Lisa,

Your Woman's intuition was/is profoundly correct: Anger is product of learning over many years of time that you have been deceived into misleading and deceiving your fellow man, those who look to you for answers, and trust you with their very lives and (false) hopes of Heaven's Eternal Life ...

[Lisasview]

Hi Marvin,
Yes, I can only imagine how difficult it must be to realise that you have been deceived..Luckily for me my parents decided that my sisters and I should decide about religion ourselves.. So no formal religion..I thank them for this...
Lisa

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Lisa,

You were blessed to have some very wise parents, and that to your credit ...!

[Lisasview]

Yes, it is a long story...but it worked out for the best..