Self image

Once upon a time, as it always has been,

The world was too scary a place to explore,

It was unbearable for man-the-wise,

To live with all the tribulations of life galore.

So all the same, too weak to manage,

Man created god in his own image.

This robotic god, controlled by man,

Passed on to generations, time and time again,

Is called upon for control of man, by man,

Or for a quick fix of worldly pain.

This god-the-wise, so human-like

Full of flaws-all the world you see,

Man devised it to be perfect and just-

As silly and  contradictory a human can be?