If there is no God
Then there are no rules
Except what we agree upon
To save ourselves from fools
As long as we don’t hurt another
That is what we say
But hurt is happening all the time
Life has gone astray
Life can be what we want it to be
This the present fashion
There is no objective structure
What happens now will happen
And who’s to say what’s right what’s wrong
We put it to a vote
The powers that be carry the day
Silently they gloat
Our very nature speaks to us
If we will but listen
And conscience has something to say
Though it is out of fashion
And more than this the Lord himself
The way the truth the life
Invites us now to follow him
Like the repentant thief
Brian Fahy
3 January 2023
Erris Poetry 