Posted on February 8, 2013April 15, 2021 LOSING MY RELIGION Torn mad between Disbelief and A final cloud-soft Happiness A Christian hoax That hides the knife Stabbing me everyday Headlines broadcasting seeds Of human decay Oh, sweat mead – me Drink and forget That you once believed That your mom was Jesus One who performed the Loaves and fishes miracle Every night of your youth Forget that your devout Grandmother died blocks away From the Church she attended Religiously No black-robed middleman Walked the distance for her Forget Forget the sweet-soft theft Of innocence Forget That you have to Walk from this room Unguarded now With only darkness Assured in afterlife Forget the child who Wants her pretty Mom happily warm Forever after And Forget the idea of reuniting That was her – uncommonly disheveled Ashes humorously weighted, heavy – Your last vision to imagine Her gray dust – scattered But not lost 0.000000 0.000000 Share this:ShareFacebookWhatsAppEmailRedditLike this:Like Loading...