Mandated since none of them knew

How to transcend moral codes that are presumed

Unthinkable?

Inconceivable?

Cower in a corner and keep the heresy stowed

No universal (theoretical) force of influence

Should dictate behaviour that we can't handle ourselves

Permission - the abdication of our self-determination

Of centuries of perpetuating

Bloodshed, deception, oppression

Of centuries of subjugating

Martyrs superstitions

The evidence is damning and conclusive -

That intervention

Is not advancing or easing hardships

Still we're strangely so duty-bound