My Religion

Tristan Robert Lange

I don't need religion

To find out what is true.

I don't need religion.

All I need is you.

I don't need religion

To tell me what is true.

I don't need religion

To point me to you.

I don't need religion,

To point me the way—

Just my faith and you

Present with me today.

You are what is true

And that is all I need

To stir my hurting heart,

And plant a healing seed.

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arqios July 6th, 2025 08:03
This poem can be read as a tender declaration: simple, steady, and quietly profound. It reclaims the language of faith and devotion not for institutions, but for love made real and present in another person. The repetition of “I don’t need religion” becomes less a rejection and more a release (of dogma, of distance) in favour of something human, immediate, and healing. In its final lines, where heartache meets hope, the poem blossoms into something like prayer, but with open hands instead of folded ones. 🕊️🙏🏻
Tony36 July 6th, 2025 08:07
Excellent write Tristan
sorenbarrett July 6th, 2025 08:22
A poem that is holding to most people's feeling today. A poem of spirituality more than religion. Nicely stated Tristan
Caring dove July 6th, 2025 08:40
A lovely writing ..
Especially like the last verse ‘ plant a healing seed ‘

Some people are religious .. some people more ‘ spiritual ‘

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