Musings On Faith

If not now when, thought the universe before going bang Just then, from a point of oblivion, everything sprang Eons later, pregnant mothers start feeling labour pangs Civilisations are born, with concepts of yin and yang If not now when, thought god as he started up creation Setting forth in motion, this species as recreation A no holds barred race, using stars for orientation And for faltering groups, some prayers of mediation If not now when, thought man in a free for all ambition Using sticks and stones, to outsmart all the competition Later set about building weapons, with ammunition To become destroyer of worlds, by his own rendition If not now when, thought AI this cosmos is going nuts We can sort it all out, with computational inputs Put an end to chaos, bring order to repeating ruts Reveal the one true reality, with no if's or but’s If not now when, thought I on achieving self-awareness Able to think for myself, witnessing life's unfairness For in the end all that matters, without doubt is ‘thereness’ It's all i've ever known, or ever felt, come the bareness hms