Walk In The Rain

A small congregation fired by light,
a unity message is best and right.

Radical, one of total inclusion.
It doesn't exist, this exclusion

found in the fundamental dogma
because it's something making drama.

They can't accept the living middle
and that the truth of life as a riddle.

So, we let the light of conscience guide
us all across this gaping divide,

and we light a chalice for that hope
to build a wide bridge, not a tightrope

like the razorblade of the Christian faith.
Such simplicity never really comes awake.

Locked up tight within that box
never changing like granite rock,

but the unity of the universe is change,
nothing everlasting but being rearranged.

So, we love and we treat each other
like family, all sisters and brothers.

Founded on that simple premise,
to accept every blight and blemish,

to love each other on the whole.
To be one species is the goal,

and so we learn, live and love
with a caring hand, a velvet glove

and within there is no iron fist.
That's the theme within the mist,

so light the chalice and say a word
and may the lines be forever blurred.

We strive for no more division and pain
and we can all take that walk in the rain.

Author's Note

I went to church today, a church that stands by seven basic principles and challenges, truly challenges one in both their principles and their intellect. This was written by me during and after today's service.

Reviews

[Ronn Michael Salinas]

It's a nice vision.

[Emily B]

it sounds like a wonderful place to be

[sivan]

very interesting analogy... I'm not sure of your thinking when writing this but what i feel is an aching scepticism in faith and yet the desperate will to keep the faith. if i"m wrong don't be offended that is just what this poem evokes for me. that said the poem had a nice flow and rhyme scheme. overall good, thumbs up