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What If ... |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / THE CHALLENGE OF MODERNITY |
| Author: Antonio de Nicolas |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1986 |
| Size: 416 Words, 1,995 Characters |
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What if the gods
did not rule the destinies
of humans,
if thunder were not
a warning of the heavens
and lightning were just
a happening between two clouds,
what if humans did not have to join
divine powers to their ow...
. . .
...r own island of thought
we had seen the life of humans drift
under our theoretical feet
into caves within caves within caves
of days without sun condemned to count
the shadows on the walls
prisoners of a thought
in an eternity of what ifs ....
Maybe the game is over
and humans refuse to play it
anymore on themselves
and leave the cave for the sun.
What if ...
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