The Choice of Faith

I'm sick of playing

Along so nicely

I've become quite convincing

 

What a world

What a God

(If there is one)

 

Why should I force myself?

Upon this religion

Is it the right one?

I'm just so unsure

 

I'm sick of fighting myself

There's got to be more

Where'd everyone go?

 

Can't think

Can't even make a decision

With any precision

(For what if I'm oh so wrong?)

 

What would be better

To thing for myself

And be wrong

Than be brain-washed by the world

A political zombie

Ran by the crowd

 

Aren't there other's like me?

Other's who have this difficulty

Of seeing the truth

 

But I thought I was alone

The only one

Why is it I can't trust

My decision for myself?

 

How should this life be?

Am I really so wrong

Are they really all so right?

 

Or am I doing it again

Twisting these thoughts

Into confusion?

 

Author's Note

A rather direct poem, an old one at that. Originally written 6/20/05

Reviews

[Sam Severn]

God, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this poem!!!!! All the deepest questions of life are confronted here, with a brutal n' sane n' loving eye! What makes this really great is your ability to get inside, to not just describe your feelings but to get right under their skin, n' yet keep everything simple....This poem GRABS YOUR MIND, n' then RUNS WITH IT! ㋡

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

This is profound work.
I almost screams Existentialism vs Mass Mind Syndrome.
It is work that provokes serious thought and was written
from an intelligent mind. Great Work! I love the raw honesty.

[O Bubbly_snowflake *]

Not being picky, but; A typo.
'thing'; I think you meant' 'think'?

But otherwisem a nicely crafted and meaningful write.

[Poetic Beauty]

You have expressed yourself well in this poem. We all have questions like this that we encounter in our life. We have to figure these things out for ourselves. The flow of this poem is done well. Great write to get out all those what if questions that run through our minds.

[Mr. Darkblood]

Personally, I'm a Christian, a rather poor one, but a Christian nonetheless, but I went through a questioning my religion phase too, I decided to become a Christian when I went to a youth group meeting with one of my friends and they made me feel like I belonged and to come back as much as I could, so I eventually started following their faith and going to church with them until I moved :(.

The point is that this a poem that many people can relate to because we all have a reluctance to joun a faith, especially when others tell us its the "right" one to be. All that matters is if the faith is right for YOU.

Good job :)

[HorrorMaster]

Very good poem about life. :)

[SamBug]

Well, all people question religion one time or another. All I can say is that you should be able to think for yourself and go on a path of discovery if that's what you want. Don't let people tell you what to do just because they think it's right. Great job.

[Kat Plunkett]

well i think we can all relate to this.. It's really good. I liked it(:

[ForTheWorld]

sometimes we feel it but i still stick at one religion and i love to be part of it...a very nice poem...realistic one

[Senseless whatever]

Great write.

[Mary Katherine]

Fantastic. I say this because I have felt this way for the past year or so. I suppose what I am trying to say is that you are not alone, even though that thought hardly helps the feeling of being alone go away. Poems that come from deep down inside us often are the most odd compared to what we usually write. That you think this is odd just means that it came from somewhere inside yourself you don't usually visit.