Clothes of Piety

Posted on by Reena Saxena

temples have transparent walls here
gods are out on a walkabout
asking to be excused
as they cannot identify themselves
in eye mirrors of a species
supposedly their creation

What are you looking for?
They ask mockingly
“Just what I see”, I reply
Gods bereft of pretence
an honest spiritual dance
identity is not a crisis
when you choose to be
over being seen

My pilgrimage is complete.
I am now
what I wanted my gods to be
and not the other way round
I savour the authentic
discard clothes of piety

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt

Poetics

14 thoughts on “Clothes of Piety”

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  3. The title, image and the poem, so brilliant, so insightful, awesome, Reena. When will we get ‘Gods bereft of pretence’?

    ‘I’m seeing leaders sink in a deeper abyss of pettiness, as the election battle thickens.’ So true.

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  4. Brilliant line “gods are out on a walkabout”. Identity crises prevails in leaders and devotion to self more important than what is needed for a peaceful existence. Behave toward others as you would like to have them behave toward you. The depth in your poem is awesome. Brava!

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