The Uninitiated

In the eyes of the uninitiated Life is a vehicle with no wheels Some will get it moving Using their innovative minds or hard work Others will push it on the ground And get themselves tired While politicians, capitalists and economists Will get others to pull it The spiritual person sees no vehicle at all Just life with pockets of challenges Around its wheels of freedom The spiritual person will add his spirit to life And liberate the vehicle of life from its physicality The vehicle of life will not be dependent on wheels Or the innovative mind of man Not even hard work It will not be dependent on the exploitation of others It will be solely dependent on the fruits of the spirit Peace, hope, happiness and Love Gentleness, humility, compassion and faith These are the true drivers of life Not money, wealth or poverty Not even political ideologies or religious dogma There is no fuel of life outside the spirit of God Life was never meant to be a competition Or a race of some sort It was never meant to exploit our diversity of colour Or different mental capabilities Or even our gender differences Life was never meant to pollute the world Or create an unequal society Life gives to a fly all its needs How can life be cruel to Man? Life gives the mosquito the power to fly How can life deny the poor man just one meal a day? It is the terrible things done by Man The selfishness, hatred and wickedness That make life a vehicle with no wheels ©Kenneth Maswabi