Godless
You may place your faith in ancient rustic Gods
Omnipresent Being in heavenly place
I will not suggest your beliefs are frauds
But where you say they live is just empty space
And where you see the world as work of Great hands
Intrinsic and intertwined Mother Nature
Seems to move ahead with her own set of plans
Not needing a higher-powered kind favor
And what God exists to allow the worst pain
beset against a person in need like this
If from such suffering, He cannot refrain
Then it Is suffered by a child claimed His
Save your millennial old mystic voodoo
For there have been Gods throughout humanity
And to think there is much more in what we do
Is product of ego and great vanity
Behavior shaped by fear of life eternal
Mine by simpler tenet, knowing wrong from right
I will be gone and you communed Fraternal
When we both greet our beliefs in the long night
I don’t begrudge you your steadfast faith
When it’s obvious in all you do and say
For every true religion on its face
Commands to treat all people a precious way
Put aside, for now, my odd differing view
Place differences aside for brotherhood
In both our worlds where blessings are way too few
We both know what’s needed for the greater good
commonsensiblyspeaking 
I know that your spiritual place is not what society considers to be the “norm”, but I also know that you live your life – in words and in actions – with true love, high values, an intrinsic sense of brotherhood and many more positive attributes. That matters more to me, especially having viewed so many so called “devout Christians” behaving in so many ways that are not according to their alleged faith. I saw something the other day, a sign that read “God appreciates an honest atheist more than a dishonest Christian”. Take that!
As a Taoist, I inherently respect all other faiths. We find derision in how our beliefs differ because they define our greater power. And even I cannot argue that point. But no religion, not one of them, is granted to power to define love. It is left to humanity to define the grand concept of love. And if any definition of love does not included acceptance, tolerance, and the cherishing of every other person, than we are defining it poorly. Every one of us. And our differing spiritual beliefs aren’t the cause of that.
Loved this, especially the mention of voodoo
This is really well crafted, Brad, as always.
Thank you Miss Jupiter! I was hesitant to post it as I do not want to offend anyone’s sensibilities, but sometimes you just have to say what you have to say! Thanks for all the support and love! ❤😊❤
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