out from the closet of belief

see note for reviewers.

the once-believer in “god”

had been wallowing in the feeling of being all alone

in a world in which every contact that they had

was based on a work of fiction full of characters

on the basis of whom

millions throughout history

have sacrificed their lives

in order to get a reward

be it the myth of “heaven”

or 72 virgins---

this once-believer dragged along these dogmas

that had been beat into their head since birth

through their early adolescence &

over time, as they became educated, finding a wonderful interest in the

world, questioning all things,

they started to see all the hogwash

for what it really is &

the freeing loss of faith

liberated another.

 

but for some reason,

this latent nonbeliever has been wearing the mask of jesusfreak, mosespunk

or muhammadchump for some time now,

allowing all their family members & their friends to find comfort

in the complacence of no change whatsoever

to be found in the way they had been raised

to be found in the town in which they grew up

or to be found in the mantras by which they supposedly lived their lives---

and all had been tranquil

neath’ the tower of lies by which

said nonbeliever in disguise

lived out their days.

 

oh but how those goddamned Atheists

would not stop yammering away---

with their Darwin & their Evolution & their

want to live in the reality of a world in which

human beings take responsibility for the lives that they lead

without pretending as if some deity was watching

without pretending as if some deity was going to come &

save them---

and over the span of this latent nonbeliever’s life

sooner than later, the voice of those who are sick & tired of a world

churning & bubbling in a chaos produced by those

theists, deists & just plain morons,

came to the forefront.

 

with megaphones in hand

they march today to the capital

voicing their complaints &

asserting themselves as a people who will not be ignored,

as a people who have been kept silent for way too long,

as a people who have come to stand

where so many maniacs have stood before

pronouncing their myths & then

marching off to kill another who doesn’t believe in the myth that

they do.

 

today, the masked nonbeliever knows that they are no longer alone,

because of people like Richard Dawkins who have stood up against a world

that thrives on lunacy,

wanting to instead rely on facts, evidence, and the real conclusions drawn from

the scientific method & investigative processes---

the masked nonbeliever

no longer needs to hide &

they get on a bus, or a plane,

or they just plain drive to DC today

in order to find community with those

that have had enough of this bullshit,

making that first important public step

to be facebooked & tweeted & covered by as many media outlets

that are not still bent over the table

getting raped by the religious

who would love for all of our mouths to still be closed

who would love for us all to be burning at the stake

as if it was still the

middle ages.

 

 

*if only Christopher Hitchens could still be here to witness it.

Author's Note

“I would like to see in a world where it just goes without saying that you use reason, and logic, and evidence, to decide what’s true.”

-Richard Dawkins in an interview with The Washington Post, Friday, March 23rd