the season begs the question

if we held the
conventional idea
of God to the same
standards as we hold
the rest of humanity,
that motherfucker
would be serving
eleven hundred
consecutive
life sentences
in the highest
security prison
we have available.

and this is why
i do not understand
why
we can not put away
childish things.

no matter the
denomination,
no matter the
perspective,
the lessons
become washed
away
by the actions
of unjust religions.

it begins to look
like children
throwing tantrums,
or governments
slap fighting
on the playground.

someone justifies
murder in the
name of the Lord.

someone rapes
with Christ like
intention.

someone uses
their God
to behead
idiots abroad.

and yet
we squabble
over a few verses
written
by madmen
a couple dozen
centuries ago.

but the fuck
if we can reduce
poverty,
or instill
an educational system
that benefits
the very social structure
we have worked
for
for countless generations.

and God forbid
if we can acknowledge
equality to the whole
for what it actually
symbolizes
by definition
without granting
more rights
to one class over
another.

we are hoodwinked
into whatever
the popular soundbite
of the day becomes
to distract us
from actual issues,
under the guise
of morality
through
scripture.

and it begs the
question:
what is our purpose?

so many lies
are told
by the ones
we elect into
positions of power
that the truth
has become jumbled.

the difference
between right and wrong
is a matter
of freedom of choice,
and the ability
to make those choices
without fear
of reprisal.