287 - The three ages of spirit are as thus

The three ages of spirit are as thus:
The first age is childhood’s unquestioning
Belief in fairies, Santa and Jesus,
The devil, heaven, hell and all that thing.
The second age may be dominating
By early teens, when we often reject
Religion for not easing suffering,
Youth’s arrogance promising we’re correct.
The third age waits for the long-term effect
Of disappointment, illness, loneliness
To crowd our mental soil like some creeping
Weed infestation, and we then reflect:
There must be more than cold dark emptiness;
I’m wondering now if there is something.
Mon 18 June 2007