RELIGION COLLISION

sparks fly
poor children cry
amid religion’s divisions
people die

doctrine seems to matter
more than lives
what if we disagree
so nobody dies?

what if we gave
just a smidgen
invoking
no religion?

keep faith
free of paradox
giving peace
to each other
instead of gored ox

sitting smug in our pews
intolerant of views
that are foreign
full of derision
beyond religion

intolerance’ off-spring
came home to roost
laser-guided reminders
evil is loosed

militant jihadists
dreams will come true
when death is the goal
the drones are on you

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Slàinte

there are matters in a lifetime
that never seem to mend
like broken hearts and let-downs
or when good things have to end

so we leave the hurts behind us
move further down the road
hearts grow stronger on the way
lifted up as each we unload

life goes on–it’s all you can say
new joys arrive in every day
lives are richer for those we’ve known
and the souls touched along the way

in the end we focus on good things
no regrets shall have their due
when we recollect only sweet things
as our old lives fade from view

and if you’re at the final service
raise some whisky in your glass
celebrate your life well-lived
the critics can kiss your ass

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