Religious Scorn

C.J.Bohnert

You can't stop the wind from blowing.
You can't stop the clouds from rolling.
Please don't tell me I don't believe
because I don't see what you see.
You remind me of the day he was born
and tear me down with your religious scorn.
You demand a church and a pew
then command that I pray there too.
Your judgement contradicts his rule
and you think that I am the fool.
A conscious thinker is what I am.
I see the birds, the trees, the land.
I feel the sun that warms me
and the wind that cools me.
That reminds me of who I am.
I see the beauty, the love, the light.
Will you thank him for that 
when you pray tonight? 
Do I need to kneel near a pew
to tell him that I love him too?
If you are in a church and I am outside,
a reason why he'd cast me aside?
If he is around us everywhere,
why would you think he'd not be here?
Instead of harsh words that tear us apart,
look at the kindness in my heart.
Isn't that what he'd want to see?
Yet you seem to have hatred for me.
You disapprove of the way that I pray,
my laughter, my joy, the things that I say.
For that I am sorry, but only for you.
When I pray tonight I will pray for you too.  

  • Author: C.J.Bohnert (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 23rd, 2021 17:19
  • Comment from author about the poem: For many years I was told I was going to Hell by Christians in my husband's family because I was not a born again Christian like they were. My little girl was told the same and is scarred until this day. My husband became a Christian reform as well and I seemed to be cast aside even though I believed there was something greater than me and have searched for my own truth. After 26 years of marriage and 31 years together and 4 children later, I was diagnosed with stage IV cancer. It was on the morning of my primary surgery when my husband told me he was leaving. His family seemed to shun me and take his side. My children live with me and never left my side. I was given five years to live but I am still here five years later. My children are all adults now and still live with me in our home. Their father has apologized for what he has done and has asked to come back. I have found peace and have forgiven him from the start but from a distance. My life changed in a way that I never expected. I have become enlightened and found myself through non-religious spirituality. I think of my story and my cancer as a gift because without it, I believe I would have never understood life the way I do now. At the time I wrote this poem, I was still healing and needed to find the words and leave a message to the judgmental few who were not listening.
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