For Seb
A stranger enters
the town square
and says
I am the second coming
I am the last prophet
I am the one and only
But the people ignore him
so he stands there silently
for 40 days and 40 nights
On the last day
he says unto them
I am the one
I am the son and moon
I have but one message
And still the people ignore him
Finally, as he begins to walk away
a man of the town asks,
“Where are you going?”
To which he replies
Do not follow me
And this is how the people know
he is the one true messiah,
the final prophet
They bow before him
but he says unto them
Bow to no one
Follow no one
Believe in yourselves
This is the only truth
To which the people reply
by building colossal monuments
and writing many books
about his teachings and sayings
For eons they preach
and pray for his eventual return
They pray and wait
and wait and pray
But he is a man
of his word and
will not return,
for they have
not learned the
lesson
(D. James)