The ship was battling the wind.
All of a sudden, men and women
inside, were aware of what was
happening, but if it was true or false,
they were still in doubt, they sat
around and argued for long hours;
all this while the floating people
were unable to sense any movement,
they were, therefore, not convinced about
the debacle, they thought the ship was
indestructible; so, they were asking
questions that weren’t quite about
the benefit of the vehicle.
Yet, the queries were genuine and honest,
though, they might not have been so relevant.
They were asking about the purpose
of the journey, thought-provoking queries
on how the ship was made, about the creator,
the operator, the destructor, the benefactor;
they came up with many ideas, theories,
and beliefs, each one guarded their own
as though thoughts were like their golden garden,
they had to protect them with arms and weapons
they fought, they swore, they invented wars,
all this while, the ship was their only star
twinkling in the space, like a speck of dust;
they also argued if god was an invention
or if it was a discovery, if the journey of religions
ended in, or began from the ocean of spirituality,
if the ocean, a destination, a liberation of
many rivers also needed to go somewhere,
and be liberated, if there was another ship
in some other space also sailing like them?
During all this entertainment, the ship had
weakened, the rats are slowly deserting
the place, many holes, some detected,
were then letting salty waters in the deck.
But wise men and women were still
debating on who to assign as the worthiest
captain of the swinging haven,
and wondered why god wasn’t coming
to save them from the calamity; they
wanted to know if god merited a capital G,
even at that point in time, they were
seen battling with themselves,
ignoring the turmoil the ship was
going through, they were still
asking questions with alacrity,
well-meaning and intelligent,
for which there wasn’t one
single, simple answer, hence
they were drowned in duality.
The ship failed to sail anymore.
Wise men and women thought
they arrived at a conclusion;
some opined that god was just
another word, while some others
said, God wasn’t just another word.
