Spirits
Caspar Jubril van der Sman, Age 12

The spirit of goodness says:
“Rejoice ye peoples
Overlook your differences.
Forget your woes.”

The spirit of Godliness says:
“Live in harmony my children
Lead good lives
And God’s grace be bestowed on you.”

The spirit of science says:
“Do not be blindly led by
Spirituality and its promises
They are all false”

The spirit of humanity says:
“Worry! Stress! These things are your life
Vote and grow
And breed and die”

The spirit of death says:
“Life is but a flicker
Welcome its passing
Into the infinite death”

The spirit of reality says:
“I will kill you all.
I am wealthy and powerful
I run your lives”

The spirit of morbidity says:
“Life is not worth living surely
Better to embrace death
Which I pretend to know”

The spirit of pain says:
“You people are revolting
You think you have it bad
And you spit on those who do”

The spirit of power says:
“Squabble, fight
It makes no difference to me
I run the world”

The spirit of optimism says:
“Surely things will work out
In heaven at least
Things will be peaceful”

The spirit of nirvana sighs:
“I am empty to those
Who believe not. To those who do
You’ll have to wait and see”

The spirit of hell says:
“You’ll all be under mine own care
Soon enough
You think your selves pure...”

The spirit of spirits looks down
On the people’s beliefs and sighs
Thinks to itself
‘My people have truly created some
wonderful things.
If I were to be as heaven to them
It would be a just reward
But can I?
Is there a heaven for me to promise?
Or will they all fall from my grasp
When their lives slip away?’