i
How far are you willing to fly
To find a vicar to shine your mind
What insult will you bear
In grace for a ten percent share
ii
Who’s gonna to serve your mass
Now
That you’ve departed the blue ball of
Vow
Indulge your sins and pledge your soul
To me
The Pope of Alpha Centauri
iii
The universe is an endless second chance
But everywhere it is still a dimebag a dance
Open up and for a tiny fee
You can be an angel wild and free
Courtesy of me
The Pope of Alpha Centauri
iv
Pain is the same inside every skin
And the losses still out number wins
Take four years at the speed of light
Everyone in hell loves the night
Endless and without memory
The Pope of Alpha Centauri
Saragun Springs 
Hi Leila
I like the religiosity of this poem. The restraints of Catholicism are strong in “The Vows.
Vicar is a good word. I’ve always found it to be slightly sinister for some reason.
A lot of great lines. “But everywhere it is still a dimebag a dance” The alliteration has a nice ring. Alliteration is always a bonus.
“You can be an angel wild and free”
Well done!
Christopher
PS: I’m keeping an eye on my exclamations.
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Hi Christopher
Dead right about vicar. Such a, I dunno, quietly unsettling word that actually defines a gentle, perhaps tubby pastor who knows when the pies are ready. Extremely English. Maybe the darkness comes from the similarity with vampire. Beats me.
Truly great pics you shared Saturday.
Worth three !!!
Leila
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Thank you! Three–that’s the big time! lol
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LA
Your poems on astronomical subjects always remind the reader how one of the essential features of good and great poetry is MYSTERY. A simple description of a star might be difficult enough, but your more complex and emotional evocations of things having to do with the sky shows the reader that much about the world we inhabit has to do with how one interprets it. And for an awake person who is part of time and is an ever-evolving being themselves (just like a star in that way) to see things differently from day to day can be a good thing because it shows growth. Changing your mind every other day on policy issues is not a good thing for a politician in charge of the world’s secular practical matters. But seeing things differently from a soul perspective depending on your point of view brings real knowledge. This is a mysterious poem, mysterious enough to match its subject matter, almost as if to reach out and touch it if only one could (but maybe one can)!
DB
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Hi Dale
Although it is often explored I do wonder what kinds of religion are “out there” (provided there is anyone in space who has enough intelligencecto support imagination).
Not much on Star Wars but The Force is a good creation. Some say close to Bhudda, but I do not know enough about the subjects to form an educated opinion.
I imagine there is faith, but obviously not the kind that controls science.
I think religion can be a good thing as long as the people who just can’t help but inflict their personal views on Jesus, Allah and Krishna, for examples, stay out of it.
The most entertaining “religion” I have read about (also surprisingly misunderstood) is Thelema, founded by Crowley. He was a fellow who saw the upside in sin.
Thanks as always!
Leila
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Leila
I’ve always been fascinated by the stories (or legends) about Jesus which claim that, during his “lost years,” he traveled to India or other parts East and studied with the Buddhists.
I highly doubt it’s really “true,” but I do believe it’s a “lie” that tells the truth: All Religions Are One (at their core). And the core message is: Life IS Holy and Love Is Behind All (even when it doesn’t seem like it).
I don’t think there’s a major religion ever invented by humans that doesn’t claim those simple truths as the central tenets. If all walked the walk instead of just talking the talk, the world would be, if nothing else, a much more peaceful realm.
The perversions of religion for profit, power and gain are usually most offensive to the most TRULY religious among us. And I don’t think “truly religious” even means one needs to believe in a personal God.
I definitely think Yoda (of Star Wars fame) stole most of his best lines from the Buddha. The way he peacefully curls up and goes to sleep for eternity instead of dramatically dying in rage and pain also indicates he was borrowing his modus operandi from the Buddha, I think. Not sure why he’s green unless it’s meant to indicate that he’s from Outer Space.
Too many Bible-thumping Christians haven’t really read or studied the Bible and don’t even know who Jesus was. Someone who drank, hung out with criminals and prostitutes, broke all the rules all the time, and hated religious hypocrites, for starters. The American “Prosperity Gospel” is the most sickening, disgusting, horrible, awful perversion of one man’s teachings ever invented.
Dale
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Hi Dale
I rather like what I have seen of Yoda, even though he is the poster alien for the Passive Voice.
I recall Leonard Cohen stating that Buddha can coexist with any religion because it is a philosophy.
I do like it but for me all that shedding of this and that would get tedious. I believe a person can be extremely active and decent at the same time. It is easier not to make mistakes when you just sit there reflecting But maybe I have read it wrong; or have greatly over simplified the ideas.
Anyway, as Lennon once sang, “Whatever gets you through the night…’sall-right, ‘sall-right.”
Leila
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Centauri/memory has got to be one of the world’s least obvious half-rhymes. But you found it – congratulations. bw mick
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Hi Mick
Thank you kindly.
Diane once pointed out Cohen’s “hallejuah” (sp) and “do ya” as a classic case.
I figure if it’s good enough for L.C….well, you can guess the rest.
Leila
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Meant to say, Leila: it’s a very pleasant surprise to see bits and pieces of The Great Book of Angharad on google when I type in Saragun Springs. Thank you! mick
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Hi Mick
Hey that is pretty cool. I had nothing to do with it but that looks awesome!
Leila
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