Why Us?

Dragging his feet in the dry desert sand, he had almost finished his lifetimes work. In One thousand mile high letters spanning the width of the United States of America, the last piece of the dot of the question mark was finished. Exhausted and beaten by the last eighty years he collapsed , kneeled down and closed his eyes.

“WHY!? YOU DARE TO ASK WHY!?” a booming voice from high above his head, echoed around the empty landscape.

The man looked up confused with the first voice he’d heard in so many years.

“I ask, yes I ask.” He stuttered in reply to the sound, before lifting his head and sitting down with his legs folded.

“YOU FUCKED UP THAT’S WHY!”

“Are you who I think you are?”

“THAT DEPENDS WHO YOU THINK I AM.”

“Er…God?”

“I HAVE MANY NAMES, THAT IS ONE I HAVE BEEN CALLED I BELIEVE. BUT I PREFER BOB.”

“So God, I mean Bob. Why didn’t you save us?”

“SAVE YOU!? WHY DIDN’T YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS? YOU WERE GIVEN A PLANET, AND LIFE AND YOU UNGRATEFUL WRETCHES RUINED IT?”

“But you could have intervened, we prayed, oh how we prayed. But they went unanswered.”

“YOU FOOLS HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR MILLENIA, EVER SINCE SOME IDIOT DECIDED, IN HIS HUBRIS, THAT MEN ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN NATURE! BEFORE THEN, WHEN MEN LOOKED AFTER THE PLANET AND PRAYED TO THE SUN AND THE MOON AND THE SEASONS EVERYTHING WENT TICKETTY BOO.”

“But you are the creator, you gave us life, you gave us men to spread your word.”

“BULLSHIT! WE KICKSTARTED THE WHOLE SHEBANG, WE SIMPLY PUT THE PLANETS IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO GIVE LIFE TO THIS ROCK, AND OVER TIME YOU LOT EVOLVED FROM SINGLE CELLS INTO BILLIONS OF SPECIES AND THEN WHEN HUMANS ROSE TO THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN YOU SYSTEMATICALLY SET ABOUT DESTROYING EVERYTHING.”

“We? You said we? There is only one God!”

“WHERE DID YOU GET THAT NONSENSE? OH I KNOW , YOUR HOLY MEN. POWER CRAZED HUBRIS RIDDEN SOCIOPATHS MOST OF THEM. WE HAD A GOOD LAUGH WHEN WE BOTHERED READING THE BOOKS THEY SPOUT FROM. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PLANETS WITH LIFE ON THEM. DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT ONE POWERFUL BEING COULD DO IT ALLOR THAT YOUR PATHETIC PLANET IS THE ONLY ONE?”

“Well yes. Of course. You’re omnipotent and omnipresent. You know everything you can do everything and created us in your image.”

A huge laugh rolled around the skies shaking mountains and tumbling rocks.

“OH I’M SORRY BUT YOU IDIOTS DO SAY THE MOST STUPID THINGS. SHALL I EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW IT WORKS? DID YOU EVER SEE AN AQUARIUM?”

“I’ve seen them in books.”

“IN AN AQUARIUM THERE ARE LOTS OF CREATURES, REPTILES, FISH, PLANTS, INSECTS, BUGS ETC.WE HAVE MANY MANY AQUARIA WITH DIFFERENT CREATURES IN THEM. EARTH IS JUST ONE OF THESE. WE DON’T WATCH THEM ALL THE TIME AND NEVER INTERVENE IN ANYTHING THAT’S GOING ON. WE WANT TO OBSERVE YOU TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS DURING EVOLUTION IN YOUR CONDITIONS.YOU SEE IT VARIES DEPENDING ON THE PLANET AND WHERE IT IS.”

“So, why contact me now?”

“I SAW YOUR MESSAGE AND YOU NEEDED AN ANSWER.”

“What happens now?”

“I DON’T KNOW, BUT I SUSPECT YOU’LL DIE AND THE REST OF THE PLANET WILL CARRY ON WITHOUT YOU. THAT’S WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS. NOW I MUST GO, I HAVE THINGS TO DO. NICE CHATTING GOODBYE.”

“Wait that’s it?”

“WHAT MORE DO WANT?”

“I don’t know. I want to know what happens at the end?”

“I HAVE NO IDEA. I SUSPECT YOU JUST CEASE TO BE. BUT WE STOPPED THINKING ABOUT THAT NONSENSE A LONG TIME AGO. IT CAUSED TOO MANY PROBLEMS.”

“Who created you?”

“WE DON’T KNOW. ANOTHER BIGGER SPIRIT PERHAPS? MAYBE WE TOO ARE IN AN AQUARIUM? BUT NONE OF US CLAIMS TO KNOW. WE KEEP OUR THOUGHTS TO OURSELVES. IT MAKES THINGS MUCH QUIETER. NOW I REALLY MUST BE GOING, I HAVE DATE WITH THE WIFE TONIGHT AND SHE’LL GO SPARE IF I’M LATE. GOODBYE.”

“Goodbye, Bob.”