my psalm fifteen

an authentic spirituality, a true worship

and a bona fide love for God

that will provide me firmer security

is not my belief but my doing

doing the right, speaking the truth

slandering not and doing no wrong

to friends or foes, spreading no rumours

but keeping my word despite the cost

expecting no returns

for rendered kindness

refusing to be manipulated

and to refrain from manipulating

henry victor     21.11.2003

temples, cults and faiths

many are the temples erected on graves

where, human intelligence is covered

and humane values receive lip services

with no concern for those subjugated

many are cults that hurt the wretched poor

removing the very livelihood of the small

like that cancerous cell eating up all

with no dirt left at the corridor

many are faiths that eludes reality well

providing vision to exploit that little

appeasing conscience, the divine within

fooling own self until that reckoning

© henry victor     11.04.2003