MULTIVERSE

                 Most scientists suspect a multiverse exists;
                 Uncovering more proof is obviously needed.
                 Let me then be bold and remind cosmologists
                 That there are indeed many mansions provided,
                 In the words of Jesus Christ, "at His Father's Place."
                 Visionaries, mystics, and prophets have long sought
                 Elysium that neither Time nor Death can deface...
                 Rejoice, for we shall soon behold what God has wrought;
                 Souls released from space-time barriers can always
                 Explore the Lord's Multiverse at the speed of thought.

THEOLOGY

                'Time did not exist before the Big Bang;
                 Hence, there was no time for God to create.
                 Ergo, no need for God, just yin and yang,
                 Only forces natural and innate.'*
                 Lest you be swayed by Hawking's reasoning,
                 Ontology and logic must dispute
                 Godless multiverses out of Nothing.
                 You need a First Cause, that you can't refute.



                                     (*A restatement or rephrasing of Stephen Hawking's position.)

COMPASSION

                    Could you not see me as you pass me by?
                    Oh, I sense what you're thinking:- "Don't come near
                    Me, Stinky Bum! Go somewhere else, goodbye!"
                    Pardon me, sir;  Perhaps, I did miss it.
                    A kind word I thought I could get from here;
                    Sorry, I have to cut short my visit,
                    Since Compassion dwells not in you, I fear.
                    I carried the cross for the Nazarene,
                    On long roads I still travel, far and near...
                    No, never did the Christ call me 'Unclean'.

GRATITUDE

           God gave you life on Earth to serve and strive,
           Receive His blessings and His bounty too,
           As well as special gifts so you may thrive.
           Trials and temptations will confront you...
            In time, Death will call you to his embrace;
            Tribulations that beset you will be gone.
           Up there, you will see the Lord face to face...
           Death will then let you know what you have won:-
          "Eternal bliss--yours by God's Divine Grace!"

GULLIBILITY

                  God gave us our common sense to use
                  Unsparingly, yet many refuse,
                  Locked in their dark brainwashed world of hate,
                  Loath to learn and to investigate
                  If true that our towers are evil...
                  But where in the world dwells the Devil?
                  In fact, his minions are everywhere.
                  Look first within yourself, if you dare...
                  I also to a jihad must go;
                 There are fences to repair, I know.
                 Yes, my wayward self is my own foe.
          

PERSPECTIVES

                    Poring over a neophyte's thesis
                    Exhaustively, exhaustingly;
                    Reading scientific hypotheses,
                    Surprisingly critically;
                    Perusing Keats' poetic passages
                    Exultantly yet enviously;
                    Crawling and evolving through the ages
                    Tortuously, tentatively;
                     Imagining my soul's place in Heaven
                    Vast; but in my mind, quite vaguely.
                    Expecting my faults will be forgiven--
                    Shamefully, but frankly--SURELY!
                

SUCCESS

             Seek injustices to redress;
             Under no circumstance, oppress.
             Conquer Greed, Pride, and Prejudice,
             Cast false gods down the precipice.
             Emulate Jesus Christ and do
             Shun Satan's snares;  try to rescue
             Stray sheep, for that is God's work too.