Connect the dots

Connect the dots                                                                                              
 
The small boy was given a scattering of ink
arranged seemingly at random on paper.
 
Taught to connect the dots, he created a star –
a concept and representation accepted
 
in his mind and throughout the world.
Around the same time, the boy
 
was taught the printed word God.
Farther from the reality of a star
 
to dots on paper, is the word
and image of God to His Reality. 
 
Schisms have been and are created,
wars fought, sins committed, hearts broken
 
by that seemingly-at-random arrangement,
a name on tongue and paper,
 
an image in the mind,
being mistaken for the Truth.
 
O child of God, stop confusing reality
with the swirling images inside your head.