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The 'One, True Path' Of God
(Or, "If We Just Hold Out, We'll Be All White!")
God has told us that we never have to change,
Since we tread upon "God's One, True Path!"
And so, we will seek to forcibly arrange
For all of the world to feel our wrath!
And we will hide behind God's "chosen words"—
The words we chose, as we have all concurred!
And damn all of those others who follow just
The Word Of God with "In God We Trust!"
For, they do not know how it feels to seek
Validation in what God has never revealed!
Because deep down inside, we fear ourselves,
And that is why we seek to create this Hell!
So, watch us band together with hoods in place
To run from the demons that we cannot face!
For, we tread upon "God's One, True Path,"
The one that lets us express our wrath!
Because it is confirmed by what we claim
That God always wants us to stay the same!
And by God's Word—which we have arranged—
God has told us that we never have to change!
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Small All White in The Forest)
"I am no barrier to its sun; the light and I are as one!"
My Poetic Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: This poem was originally written on "The Official White House Poet" blog, which is one of the sixteen blogs that I decided to relocate within my current blogs. And it was originally published on "The Official White House Poet" blog on July 9th, 2010, along with a poem that I wrote on that same day titled, "The End Of The Civil War," which is published on this blog.
And I was going to republish this poem on July 9th, 2015 in order to represent the original publishing date. However, the year 2015 is the 150th Anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment to The United States Constitution, which "abolished slavery and involuntary servitude..." (The Thirteenth Amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864 and by the House on January 31, 1865; and was ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865; and was then proclaimed on December 18, 1865.)
So, I decided to republished this poem on April 9th, 2015, in order to represent the 150th Anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment to The United States Constitution, which is also the day after I republished the poem "The End Of The Civil War," since the two poems were originally published on the same day and are related by topic with regard to racial bigotry and discrimination. (Please see the "Thirteenth Amendment to The United States Constitution" in labels for the poem.)
And this poem was also published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs (please see the hyperlink below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Poet, Artist and Philosopher and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."
This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
"Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):
"The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865. The amendment was ratified by the required number of states on December 6, 1865. On December 18, 1865, Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed its adoption. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
This "Small All White in the Forest" Post No. 192 was edited on December 7th, 2023.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
