Religion Unmasked

Religion masquerades as our friend

Though we don’t, we should all know it is sin.

Its roots stem from places of pride

All of our weaknesses it seeks to hide.

Particularly at the young spiritual level

Our emotions we think virtuous to embezzle

By calling forth what we see with our eyes

Instead of prying beneath what the surface hides.

It seems so easy to just pretend

That what we see without must be within

But in the end when all is said and done

Our spiritual journey has not even yet begun.

It is our identity we thought we had found

But it was just uneasiness discomforting frown

That we sought to avoid and thus we employed

Formulas and ways to take the place of grace.

There is a deeper way that is far better

Than putting on a smile and giving our best endeavor

It is the way of openness and honesty

Things we keep hidden brought out for others to see.

This is the way that few have dared to tread

It is the way of the walking dead

Dead to the world, but alive to Christ

And thus we inherit a supernatural life.

And what is this life that we should value so

That to give all our possessions we would not say no?

It is life as it exists up above

Peace and serenity like that of a dove.

Supernatural signs and wonders untold

Intriguing mysteries before our eyes unfold

All this and more we will begin to see

When we persevere in upholding honesty’s decree.

Ridding ourselves of religions talon is a good first step

And as we go we will learn to recognize how to bless

Not the flesh without, but the spirit within

And thus the spiritual journey we come to begin.

I think we will be surprised when in the end we see

All that was needed was the virtue of simplicity

All the things we used, all that we thought we would need

Could easily be summed up with love and honesty.