Ode To Religious Men (A Poem)

YOUR ADJUDICATION OF HOW I SHOULD LIVE MY LIFE IS AS PROFANE

AS YOU STANDING THERE BEHIND A LECTURN PROFESSING GODS WILL

A SUBJUGATION TO STOP OTHERS FROM FINDING OUT FOR THEMSELVES IS AS INSANE AS YOUR OWN EMINENCE WITH THIS REVERENCE EVER SO STILL

HOW DARE YOU TELL ME THAT I AM NOT COMPLYING WITH HIS HOLINESS

WHEN ALL I SEE FROM YOU IS A MAN OF THE CLOTH FILLED WITH EMPTINESS!

WHO ARE YOU TO AUTHORITATE HOW I SHOULD LIVE MY LIFE

WHEN YOU SHOULD REALLY EVALUATE WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT IS YOUR STRIFE?

CONDEMNING THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE ANY VALID QUESTIONS

EXPECTING THEM TO FOLLOW YOUR OWN DIVINE SUGGESTIONS

YET WHO TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR EXISTENCE WHEN IT’S OBVIOUS THAT YOU CAN’T EVEN CONTROL YOUR OWN LIFE AND STOP YOUR MAD PERSISTENCE

YOUR ANIMATED PERFORMANCE ON THAT PODIUM I MUST CONFESS

SHOWS MUCH MORE TRUTH THAT THE YEARS HAS BEEN UNDER A GREAT DEAL OF DURESS

YOU CAN’T HIDE WHAT AWFUL THINGS YOU HAVE DONE

FOR AS THEY SAY TRUTH WILL PREVAIL AND GOD HAS WON!

HIDING BEHIND YOUR MEANINGLESS PRAYERS THEN TURNING AROUND TO THOSE YOU QUESTION AND PUNISHING THE NAY SAYORS!

WHAT OF YOUR RETRIBUTION OF ALL THE LIVES YOU’VE RUINED?

WHEN IS YOUR EXECUTION FOR YOUR SINS OF YOUR GROIN?

AH! YES I KNOW THE LEGITIMACY TO THIS QUESTION

HOW DARE YOU CONCEAL THIS FROM THE CONGREGATION!

OH RIGHT!  IT’S THE HIGHER POWERS WILL THAT IT SHOULD NEVER BE MENTIONED!

READING FROM YOUR SCRIPTURES WITH SUCH CONVICTION

I WONDER IF IT’S REALLY YOUR PERSONAL TRIUMPH TO FINALLY HAVE FULL ATTENTION

DECEIVING YOUR PARISHONERS WITH VILE ANNOTATIONS

FORCING PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN YOUR ABSOLUTE INTERPRETATION

WHAT KIND OF GOD DO YOU WORSHIP TO ALLOW SUCH BEHAVIOR?

IF THIS IS THE INFINITE POWER THAT DOES SUCH THINGS

THEN I DECLINE THIS GOD WHO YOU SAY IS THE SAVIOR!

COVERING UP ANY NEGATIVE INFLUENCE FROM YOUR OWN MISTAKES

I SUSPECT YOU WOULD THEN UNDERSTAND OTHERS AND NOT BURN THEM AT THE STAKE.

SUCH PROFANITY WHEN YOU ADD MAN TO THE EQUATION OF POWER

WHO THEN CAN YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN WHEN THERE IS TROUBLE AT THE LAST HOUR?

A RELIGIOUS LOOK AT WHERE TO TURN WHEN EVEN THESE MEN OF GOD SEEM TO HAVE DECAYED

I GUESS YOU HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT ON YOUR OWN IN FEAR OF BEING BETRAYED.

ISN’T THIS IRONIC SINCE THAT IS WHY ONE TURNS TO GOD SO AS TO NOT FEEL ALONE

BUT DON’T YOU DARE QUESTION IT BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE THERE TO CAST THE FIRST STONE

THERE IS NO CONTROVERSY IN WHAT I’M TRYING TO STATE

ONLY MY OWN VERACITY AND EXPERIENCE WHEN I TOOK THE RELIGIOUS BAIT

AND WHAT OF THIS HIERARCHY IN ALL RELIGION

IT APPEARS TO ME TO BE SUCH A HUGE MACHINE

WITH ALL THESE MOVING PARTS AND THE LADDER IS THE ENGINE

IN CONCLUSION I AM NOT STATING THAT ALL MEN OF THE CLOTH ARE NEFARIOUS

JUST BRINGING TO LIGHT THAT ALL MEN AT SOME POINT IN SOME TIME HAVE BEEN INIQUITOUS

THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT I HAVE BECOME AN ATHEIST

ON THE CONTRARY I FOUND TRUTH IN GOD AND DEVELOPED AN UNDERSTANDING OF MORE INFINITENESS!