David RL Moore

And there will be no Gods

by David RL Moore

Tuesday 4th March 2025 8:11 am

In the quiet dark it is easier to see and hear.

Satellites reconfigure their trajectories,

in the starlit black of nothingness and eternity

their soulless commands are the new creation.

No millennia terraforming or Darwinian accident,

nothing so beautifully patient from our un-divine architects.

The New Gods sit among their charges, howling with madness.

Soon all will burn and be as hell.

Fragments of existence orbiting silently without instruction,

falling to their own destruction.

The quiet dark will no longer be seen or heard,

our reset planet will in time exhale our dust.

There will be no Gods

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◄ With the Certainty of the Day

Pulborough Brooks ►

Comments

David RL Moore

Thu 6th Mar 2025 07:38

Hi Landi,

So strange that you mention "The Truman Show" as I was watching clips of it just the other day, I'm not even sure why I was watching them.

I can see the link you have allude to.

Thanks for reading and comments.

David RL Moore

Landi Cruz

Thu 6th Mar 2025 00:05

..sorry to come to this so late, but I keep thinking of The Truman Show, the tragic version. I'm most sure that isn't what you had in mind, I just picked up a hint of surrealism and being set up from afar.

David RL Moore

Wed 5th Mar 2025 08:36

Hi Graham,

Absolutely spot on, no mankind = no gods

I appreciate your encouragement and advice. I try to maintain confidence in myself although being aware of my own failings and my persistant disappointment with our species isn't much help.

Of course it does no good to dwell on such matters as it drags us into morose stagnation, I feel I am able to combat that and maintain my sense of humour, tempered with an unfortunate cynicism which probably manifests as grumpy old git syndrome.

I just read your new poem and will comment on it when I have a quiet few moments. You are right, there does seem to be a lot of sleep disruption amoung the population at the moment. I suppose it's a time of great uncertainty for many.

Thanks again,

David RL Moore

Graham Sherwood

Tue 4th Mar 2025 16:09

David, insomnia is endemic at the moment I feel. Recently the sunrises have been something of a pay-off. I have a new piece ready to place on the blog acknowledging the inability to sleep and getting words in my head. The outrageous shenanigans in USA do nothing to help.
Gods are a man-made construct remember. Just believe in yourself.

David RL Moore

Tue 4th Mar 2025 13:45

Thanks Robert and Flyntland,

Thanks also to RBK, Rob, Stephen, Naomi and Hugh for the flowers.

I couldn't sleep last night and found myself watching the sun come up to another twist of the knife in the back of Ukraine and Europe. How long can we dress appeasement up as diplomacy and pretend shit isn't happening?

I only wish I was a few years younger without one gammy leg and a head full of rattlesnakes! I'd be pulling my boots back on today.

David RL Moore

Flyntland

Tue 4th Mar 2025 11:12

This is very uncomfortable reading, the only certainty appears to be eventual self-destruct. None of the myriad of 'Gods' can help.

Robert Mann

Tue 4th Mar 2025 08:42

Our lives, and quite possibly the planet's death, are being controlled from inner space. Satellites, controlled from who knows where and by whom we know (and don't) to their own ends, will be weaponised sometime soon. They say what goes around, comes around.
While there are human beings, there will be false Gods - I'm hoping that I won't be one of those beings too much longer, thus avoiding the consequences of their whims.

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