Excuse me! Have you got a match?

Dedicated to all those 50,000 so called witches that were burnt at the stake by the persecution of the Catholic Church when all it was, was freedom of speech or being different. The Shame Files!

Excuse me! Have you got a match?

There's a lot at stake

on the freedom of speech.

As Heathens burn for Heresy,

the cloaks of faith whip 

themselves to sleep,

for fear of redemption.

A leap of faith

on a cast of spells

littering the sky;

smoke rising gather

in clouds of discontent.

Having no cross to bear

as eight bells toll

on the innocent burned.

Where was the heavy hand of God

to intervene on his followers?

Of Gods and Monsters

superstition and fear 

created monsters of the Church

that still live today.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really relate to this...having been raised Catholic but having drifted away from it because of things like this...that ultimate edict that we were the one true church and those who followed any other religion were doomed to go down at the end...i never believed it, even as a small child...the church has many of its own crosses to bear...and needs to start making the walk.

[andrew mitchell]

Thanks Jacob for your comments, I was quite disturbed on what i read 50,000 innocent people called witches or the like non believers, some were children up to 9yrs of age burnt to death.