Renegade

story poem

 

 

Renegade?

 

I am cast out condemned to be

 a wanderer in the wilderness

with every man my enemy.

My only crime was to express.

 

What I believe to be the truth

 contrary to the churches view

Although theyoffer men no proof.

 Because the see no reason to.

 

I am expected to accept

and to obey their rigid rules

Follow blindly their precept

 like all the other trusting fools.

 

But I rebelled I could not see

that what they taught must be correct.

I was accused of heresy

They had their regime to protect.

 

And so they prosecuted me

They said it was self evident

I denied their authority.

I must be punished and repent.

 

When I refused they cast me out

from their hidebound community.

Merely because I chose to doubt

what they believed the truth to be.

 

I could not be a hypocrite

and simply pay lip service to

what they demanded as their right.

Accept their faith as being true.

 

I am an outcast but I’m free

to worship God in my own way

As every man was meant to be.

I’m happy that I broke away.

 

From their hide bound rigidity

I have my conscience to obey

 I find that is enough for me

I do not fear that I will stray.

 

Far from the path that’s meant for me.
I listen to my conscience speak

and I walk on triumphantly.

To find the truth a man must seek..

 

28-Mar-08