take our holy

after all these years
we still believe in
hypocrites
wearing splendid dress
telling us about sin

we gather in their
cathedrals,
in ornate buildings
and listen to
the poison,
willingly letting them
insert the death
in our veins

they simply have to ask
and we send them money
for new suits
and pretty cars

we bleed for their holy tongues
and bathe in their piss
to find higher meaning
in what life is all about

we suffocate our children for them,
taking away youth
and filling innocent heads
with hate and ignorance
based on books
that would be better suited
to wipe our asses

we hand over our souls
and never think twice
when they ask for more

but their smiles
warp so wide
and their teeth gleam
under those big starry lights
and their words comfort
the monsters
that hide in the shadows
in the darkest of nights

we give them everything
and they return with
so little
yet their palms are upturned
to receive more
even when we have nothing left
to give

and when they're uncovered
for their treachery,
there is always another
to take their place,
another to fill
hungry mouths
that are too foolish
to stop eating the shit

and what we're left with
is all that we have,
pointless books
and obsolete prayers
that go unheard
through the insanity
of us all