All those that suffer are immortalised through pain
While those that suffering cause, describe the word inane
Deliberate suffering caused defines evil in its shame
By civilised man judged an act of the insane

Now man is considered as a primitive creature
But if he can judge, and forgive, he is a leader
So if there is a God you would expect it to be
Wiser than man by at least “slightly”

For if man can forgive, then so should his God
Forgive, not punish nor use Hell as a rod
So I won’t believe all the preachers tell me
Of the fear, or the punishment they say has to be

Neither I believe in the death that is preached
In the name of religion by fanatics that teach
For I would dispute that they represent God
Despite all their books, or their prayers or their nods

For God teaches me it will never forget
Even one single soul who gets lost in the depths
And this is how I, would expect a God to be
More forgiving, understanding, more merciful than me

So we all have to learn to forgive to be free
Of the suffering, the anger, the pain and misery
For as long as we murder, we torment and we maim
The longer will Mankind through religion live in shame

For in the blood of their victims religions blast their names
On the streets of the world through their faiths that are chained
To a blindness that is tribal, but is destined to be changed
Through the will of the loving, who with living will engage

We need understanding that we learn the power of love
So listen not to men, who preach Death through the Dove
Always to remember that the one true God
Is the Universe around us, from which no one can be lost

Egal Bohen

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