The Tower of Babel

As I reflected on the events of the weekend my mind went to the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11 . While it may seem to some a little too religious as a reflection on politics it is an archetypal story about what humanity does when words become shallow and vacuous and leaders begin to think they are in control of the universe and can promise anything

The Tower of Babel

Did we just witness

Babel's tower

and the damage it has done

to public confidence

to those whose voice is never heard

Did we hear

women and men,

as they strove to touch the sky,

promise to give

what they can

never deliver?

And caring less

than they have cared before

to gain a moment's approval?

Do I make

a bold assumption

that my words are

any less of a Babel

as I write, and speak,

and chit and chat

and not listen to others,

to myself

or to God?