Somebody sent this to my on Myspace Last year…. and that day I wrote a poem-response to it and posted it on my MySpace Blog. Now I am posting it here…
Dear god, hope you get the letter and…
I pray you can make it better down here
I don’t mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving in the street
‘Cause they don’t get enough to eat from god
I can’t believe in you
Dear god, sorry to disturb you but…
I feel that I should be heard loud and clear
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
And all the people that you made in your image
See them fighting in the street
‘Cause they can’t make opinions meet about god
I can’t believe in you
Did you make disease and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too!
Dear god don’t know if you noticed but…
Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book
And us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look
And all the people that you made in your image
still believing that junk is true
Well I know it ain’t, and so do you
Dear god
I can’t believe in
I don’t believe
I won’t believe in heaven or hell
No saints, no sinners, no devil as well
No pearly gates, no thorny crown
You’re always letting us humans down
The wars you bring, the babes you drown
Those lost at sea and never found
And it’s the same the whole world ’round
The hurt I see helps to compound
That father, son and holy ghost
Is just somebody’s unholy hoax
And if you’re up there you’ll perceive
That my heart’s here upon my sleeve
If there’s one thing I don’t believe in
It’s you
Dear god
TXC song ,, Dear God
have a good day
love
love
love
Farley
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My Reply
You only see the surface
You dare not understand
The point is not perfection
The point is love in Man
The point is being Faithful
the point is being true
how would you feel if your whole life
everyone Questioned You?
It’s far beyond just what you see
Every person has their purpose
Humans have their own free will, though
And it’s humans here that hurt us
Sure, this world could be a place
Where all was ‘right’ and ‘good’
But then we could not have a choice
We’d just do as we should
There can not be happiness
without sorrow and fear
And Heaven itself is more than worth
Anything you might find here
So go on with your complaining
with your hate, your anger, your pain
But know that when you do this
You have nothing left to Gain
You choose to take the easy road
with it’s steady downward pace
go on and live your life that way
but life is not a race
I choose to take the broken road
for all it’s rocks and hills
It’s but a very small price to pay
For my soul to be fulfilled
I’ll take the pain along with joy
I’ll learn from all the tears
I’ll hold tight to the faith I know
and push away the fear
Dear God, I pray for your lost sheep
For those who’ve lost their way
I pray for those who have no faith
That they come to you someday
I pray they see the lessons
in the smiles of the poor
I pray they see a Child’s Faith
I pray they see that Door
How sad it is that they don’t see
your Love in all it’s ways
And so be with all your lost sheep
Forever, this I’ll pray.
-Kim Cooksey, 2007
(cooksey is my Maiden Name )
