Something Deep Poem by Margaret Alice Second

Upon completion of correcting my text I felt the need
for something deep and found my old friend Arthur
Findlay again, author of ‘On the Edge of the Etheric'
another Scotsman who believes in ethics, but where
his compatriot the lovable McGonagall was religious

And preached a dour morality; the friendly Findlay
is a Spiritualist who believes the Golden Rule of ‘Do
Unto Others As You Want Them To Do Unto You' is
bigger than local religion which has been used by
priests to keep people ignorant and subservient

In ‘Curse of Ignorance' Findlay explains that history
exalts heroes without wisdom or self-control simply
because they fire the imagination - yet perpetuated
war and unethical behaviour, he believes in teaching
kids ethics and rational behaviour - that the mind

Continues after physical death, that the individual's
integrity or lack thereof determines where we shall
harmonise in the afterlife - and I love this, learning
must be acquired & wisdom comes from experience
I think feeling what we're reading is the same thing

Thus have I tried to obtain wisdom without having
to live through every painful event recorded, extra
sensory experience would be wonderful but would
estrange me from my beloved community, Findlay
did the experiments with mediums and spirits and

Reported all in a no-nonsense way - ignorance has
always been abhorrent to me - childhood seemed
a suffering & enlightenment removes the curse of
suffering while wisdom is a delight far beyond any
material event - I love Findlay ‘s ethical wisdom

And rejoice in McGonagall's glaring with love-
beaming eyes - what a brilliant combination -
Arthur Findlay and William Topaz McGonagall!

[12 November 2014]