Are There Believers? Poem by Babatunde Aremu

Are There Believers?

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We professed divine mandate
We speak for the Most High
God's mind is our minds
We are adept in memorising verses
Recitation of holy sciptures is our pride
We qoute verses upon verses
Our appearance is sanctimonious
We are authorities in piety
Our views are Godly
Our tongues eloquently preaches virtue
We are truly the angels of God
That seats with the cherubims
Eating spiritual foods with seraphims.

Behold! What we are outside
Is different from our inside.
What our lips professed
Varies with what are confessed.
We say peace where none exists.
We annihilate each others
In the name of our faiths.
We are intolerant of each other.
Greed, selfishness and avariciousness
Are our three square meals.
We kill in the name of God
As if God is unable to fight.
We seat on the judgemental throne
Adjucating on God's behalf.
We are just fake believers
Maquerading as true believers.
Where are then are true believers?

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
In memory of all victims of religious imbroglio worldwide
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Onyeme John 21 December 2012

What a truthful disclosure. Preaching heavily, yet our hearts are in dearth of what we preach, God help us. Thanks Poet.

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Neela Nath Das 20 September 2012

Fake believers are increasing in number.A good poem.

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Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi 20 September 2012

still we continue to do the same mistakes again and again for many generations! Good poem!

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