I Don'T Believe (By Rachel)

Oh yes, I once believed in God, Benevolence and oversight. And in his son Jesus the Christ; And found redemption there. The Bible told me all the truths And what was missed explained By men of God who wore the cloth, My doubts were nil and few. With learning, thinking, life went on Questions began to nibble. As, why so many poor, my Lord? And why so many pained? You watch o'er all the Earth my Lord And favor just a few? As children die from dawn to dusk For just a crust of bread, Or from the things moquitoes brew You stop to gather heads And ponder your creations here; Something to paint with pride? Maybe I'm blind and cannot see Your vast and detailed plan. I'm told it's all because of Eve And her first mate, the Man. In mocking you they learned some truths And stirred your wrath eternal. From these first two, mankind must stand And pay, it seems, forever. Reward will come, so you have said, as we succumb to death. So create Life? Why did you, Lord? To make us crave the end? From that time on, I've faith in Man At times a feeble stand For man can think and do and plan, inspired he is noble He can create for year on year Can selflessly help others, Can love, can build, can paint, can write, And most of all can reason. Oh man is base and man is crass And man has Evil too; Man must deceive and man contends Makes war and more but yet; A part of me, a part of you, Invested in each other, The web of life ensnares us all Without the goal to heaven. So now I don't believe in Him would tell this to his face, Death do us part, the end is grim and none will leave with grace. As nature takes my life away my spirit shall return perhaps His angels stop and pray and gather 'round my urn. © 2008 Rachel