To Believe Or Not To Believe

Free style on religion and lack of

I’m not sure if I ever believed
I do recall kneeling
At the side of my bed
Back then I also put
Teeth under my pillow
Next day there was a quarter
Proof, the Tooth Fairy was
real
Then of coarse there was the Bunny and The Fatman
Both leaving evidence
Of their existence...
In fact, I’m pretty sure there’s a connection here...
What? There’s no Tooth Fairy? No Bunny?
NO FATMAN!!??
I was told that guy knew when I was sleeping
Even knew how I was behaving
Could perform miraculous
Feats
Well...
If all that and all them were
made up
What of the other guy?
What of his powers?
Did he REALLY know
If I took his name in vain?
Did he even care?
Could he REALLY know everything, everywhere and all times?
In fact, he had a beard too, didn’t he�"?
I’m not sure if I ever believed
If I did
I didn’t anymore
Even while being forced to church
I hardly went
If I went
I wasn’t there
Believers believe I need to believe something I don’t
I can’t
It’s not in me
And never was
I’m not a fake it till I make it kind of guy
I respect those who do believe
I never question them why
I hope for the same in my disbelief
I’m just not a Godly guy

Reviews

[Mitchell J.U.]

You refuse to be cross towards others that do believe. There is wisdom and honor in that. Some of us learn from the paradigms of our childhood. Yet even when a god is ruled out of the list things like justice, mercy, love; still require belief to hold any power. Thanks for this work. The course of my childhood runs parallel to this. It resonates with me.

[Bill MacEachern]

Hello Mitchell, thank you , for years I didn’t believe that love was any different than a strong friendship, these days my love is my Godess😀

[Gee]

Here, here. I'm with you Bill, was made and raised by mother, have worked my socks off for all I have and have asked for nowt from any man or God.
You might like to read ....A ( The) Preacher Man, a poem I posted a while ago.
Enjoyed the read.
Cheers

[Bill MacEachern]

Thank You Gee,
I’m very independent myself, It’s funny I keep my non-believe in the closet, I would be arguing with people all day long, every day...
And like it says, I respect their belief and would never try and argue my point of view.
Unfortunately most religious folk feel the need to save us😀...
So I find myself saying, huh huh, if someone says praise the lord etc...
Anyway, thank you for your positive comment, always appreciated
Bill
Oh, on my way to The Preacher man...