Once the harsh acids
of common sense
and hard science
have dissolved away
the hearsay of the Gospels,
the science-fiction of a Virgin birth
& a resurrection,
along with the myth
of the Three-In-One God,
what is left is merely
the faint voice of
a progressive, poor, Jewish
carpenter echoing ancient,
Buddhist wisdom.

Selected byKaci Skiles Laws
Image credit:Christian Cable

About the Author: Michael Acker lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has lived in various parts of the world; his early education was in German and French(Munich, Germany).  Mike enjoys writing short poetry, especially with the intent of exploring the possibilities latent in a single image.