I’ve never been to Western Europe: A poem 

Look at me! I’ve never been to Western Europe! 

It’s large mighty open palaces, castles and fortresses  

And what about the churches whose curvatures are  

marked by the brilliance of bygone architects 

And whose intricacies can’t even have the summer heat 

take off their picture-perfect beauty. Or the laughing snow   

making their shoulders blush with slight convalescence 

But not as south as Rome or Venice! I thought about Santiago 

De Compostella and the pilgrims’ march to Rosslyn. 

You know, I should never be the golden sun or the lucid 

Mercury wanting to visit a land that lost its enigma to connivance. 

Who is worthy of Jerusalem? Not Vatican; not even the marauding Sultanate! 

You can see the bonds of NATO, like bread lost of its layer of butter! 

I just think you are all confused, and China loves your convolution! 

Do you think that you were majestic in your conquests 

that you think you can judge others? Know your folly of greed! 

You are lost to my forgiveness, even if you discard your profane shell 

of EU and embrace Taurus! I have always deemed inglorious wickedness  

as a notoriety that doesn’t deserve condoning.  Where are you looking  

for compassion and absolution? Not to my degree!  

Published by montecyril

Hi, I am Monte Cyril Rodrigues and live in Melbourne, Australia. I am a retired journalist. I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. I've had voices and visions all my life. I think it is a spiritual experience, my doctors think otherwise. I am a deeply spiritual person and keep having experiences with otherworldly realms.

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