My Christian faith I have dismissed,
Dismissed from my life,
And I was free.
Where was it when Joyce suffered,
Suffered for so long with dementia.
She had praised Jesus all her long life,
So had I,
But where was he when he was needed.
I dismissed religion from my life
And it was as if a weight had been lifted,
Lifted from my body and mind,
And I was free.
I still went to church
To sing in the choir,
And to meet good friends,
But my belief was gone,
And I was free.
The woman spoke,
Spoke at church
And she said some words,
Words that I agreed with.
“Go back to the basics,
The basics of your faith”,
I thought about this
And she was right,
And so was I,
My basic faith was true,
Nothing to do with religion
Just a Spirit that was with me,
That was part of me.
MY Spirit was there,
There with me,
And I was free.