Religions

A Giant Step In Human Civilization Part 1: 

The Evil Mind Of An Arrogant Scientist 

A poem by CLEMENCE  

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With undisguised pride evident all around me 

With my head held high, I walk and talk with a few others like me 

With all members of my species looking up to me 

And with all members of my species convinced that it's my life they desire to live 

And with no one wise enough to understand who I aspire to be 

Everyone had a vivid recollection of my wild- goose chases 

And how I always hit two of them with one stone at the eleventh hour

With scholars vividly memorizing my theorems 

And learners giving me more credit than a mere mortal deserves 

I burn the candle at both ends 

Even though aware that success is hardly on the cards 

Even though progress is at a snail's pace 

I dwell on the the reassurance that success is still in pipeline 

So I can once again be in the limelight 

Like my father before me who was famous as sunlight 

And prove that I really am a chip off the old block 

And possibly prove that that chip is better than the grand block 

And failure is said to be inevitable, not to me 

Because failure comes once in a blue moon to me 

And is mostly a bolt from the blue 

So I have to start from scratch and work tirelessly 

Because failure is not completely avoidable altogether

Admiration from the females of my species is a feather in my cap 

But to the unleashing of the beast, I have devoted my heart 

Amongst the general population I am a fish out of water 

I was blessed with a mind brighter than the sun 

If matter were doubt, mine would be a vacuum 

Devoid of any material doubt 

And since my mind is like the Alpha Canis Majoris 

He who opposes me is like the gigantic black hole of the Andromeda spiral  

With all women insisting that their men replicate me 

I am everything all old timers wish they had been 

With all pre- adolescents singing that they would be like me

My existence, the wise decide to despise 

My theories, the wise find unwise 

In my theories, the truly wise find no fascination 

In my research, the truly wise find nothing but destruction 

In my castles built in the air, religions uncover seeds of evil and doubt 

But who dares refuse the seductive cup of success?

After centuries of burning fossils and disintegrating 

The self- regulatory part of our protective mother 

The cat has finally exited the bag of research 

After centuries of deathly sleep, the hour has come round at last 

For the destroyer to aid us in our fight against the decomposed 

And upon unsuspecting earthlings, it has been unleashed 

And together as one, the world turns over a new leaf 

From the golden olden Smokey chokey destructive green house gases 

To the highly efficient futuristic fiery fissions and fusions 

And it's all thank to me  

Now I am walking on air on this red letter day 

And my jubilation seems irrevocable

Can life possibly get any better than that? 

Can any part of development match the description of dangerous? 

Of course not, what is life without risks? 

Answers the collective voice of Spiritus Mundi

But Lo! Behold! 

The wise ones agree to disagree 

Behind the scenes, they oppose me 

Their vendetta against illumination 

Is much more than an open secret 

Whenever I reach cloud nine 

They are always at my beck and call 

To knock me down to the fiery depths of failure 

What if the giant turns on us? They preach 

Whoever listens to those who are long in the tooth? I assure myself

With them, clearing the air is an impossibility 

When I put my cards on the table 

I proudly announce that they are two - faced 

And secretly attempt to forever keep them at arm's length 

Do not jump the gun, they mumble 

But all is cut and dried, I retort 

Whoever listens to those who complain  

That a conspiracy is installing a light bulb  

To deprive them of gracious darkness 

But as I reached the seventh cloud of jubilation 

They hit me just below the belt by the agonizing whip of discouragement 

Now I have a bone to pick with them 

But not alone they stand

As if to pour oil on troubled waters, religions interfere 

Whether to love or to hate me, they have had so long to decide 

But unlike them, I do not claim our mother is circled by Helios 

And unlike them, I psychoanalyze before I criticize 

And unlike them, I scientifically analyze 

The Galilean solar system outside and inside 

And unlike them, I proudly defy the Biblical and Copernican principles

They accuse me of opposing the creator 

But I believe mine is the true creator 

Because mine can explain all that is seen and unseen to the naked eyes 

Did he not explain the link between the full moon and the tides? 

Just as he explained the four dimensional continuum between space and time 

Besides, there are many ways of killing the cat 

In the end, we all worship the same God 

Only the names differ

For centuries uncountable 

We have fought like cats and dogs 

But for once since evocreation 

Why don't we bury the hatchet 

And start on a clean slate 

And then you vacuum minded individuals 

Will learn to respect me whose mind shines 

Radiating as much wisdom as the energy of a thousand Alpha Centauris 

I demand attention and respect 

I am no Einstein, only better 

With the world at my feet 

I am the Scientist who single-handedly made the first nuclear reactor.