Why Should I Believe?

A Poem by SkyxRose

I have heard your words
But they fall unto deaf ears
How do you preach about God
Being holy and righteous
Our supposed
Savior, liberator, emancipator

But I ask you this
Why?
Why do we preach
What we cannot see
Why do we preach
What we cannot hear
Why do we preach
What we cannot touch

Now, don’t mistake this for hate
I do not judge what you believe in
So, then why should you?
If your God says,
‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself’
Why in the world would you
Resent those who don’t worship
Your beliefs? Your faith?
Don’t berate me. It won’t help.

If you want to recruit me
Damming me to hell, surely won’t help
Because I choose not to believe in
What you so desperately preach
Say what you wish
But I stand for what I believe in
I don’t need to explain why
I don’t believe in God
Just as you don’t have to elucidate
On why you believe in God

And God did not grant you your life
So you could belittle people
Into your religion
God granted you with time
So why spend your time on me?

A stubborn girl whose ideals
Won’t change unless you prove them
Call me blinded and unsighted
But I refuse to believe
That I have to worship
Something man made
To have peace in my soul
Once I die