Langston Hughes

[funkpoet]

Who was it that said if there was no god it would be necessary for man to create him?


Gods

The ivory gods,
And the ebony gods,
and the gods of diamond and jade,
Sit silently on their temple shelves
While the people
Are afraid.
Yet the ivory gods,
And the ebony gods,
And the gods of diamond-jade,
Are only silly puppet gods
That the people themselves
Have made.