Dark Like Me

A take on how religion strips us of our unique qualities on our exterior and creates an internal conflict and resentment toward religion's way of changing and brainwashing us.

Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.

Break these chains that bind me.

Let me live my captive life

And bring forth what I have stymied.

 

Reject my different intrinsic parts

And fill me up with reason

F**k my new-age modern soul

And transplant me a heart that commits no religious treason

 

You have brought upon me

a morality so demure

a rejection of my earthly whims

a desire to live a life more pure.

 

Inside I am unholy

I am but a small child dreaming

How can you lock up my doors?

And yet still stifle my screaming.

 

I look unto you with hatred and woe

And a feeling of much dismay

That you of all people, oh holy one

Can think this behavior okay.

 

And whilst I sit before you

Standing like a clone

A creation that’s unbeknownst to me

A mindless god-fearing drone.

 

But don’t you worry, I’ve found my quiet place inside

A place where I can be

A place that’s dark with my sinful happiness

A place that’s dark like me.

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Please note that I don't have a problem with any person that practices religion. This is more about how as we stray from our religious backgrounds and teachings that we find ourselves feeling guilty and oppressing ourselves with a religious/societal moral code that was somehow extracted from a holy being. Later as we find ourselves back under the thumb of our religious jurisdictions, we find that we really aren't unique or different at all... a god-fearing drone, if you will. And we in turn resent ourselves and our "God", and remain the same person trapped inside our facades.