Blind Faith Poem by Tom Higgins

Blind Faith



'You must believe my son,
you must let faith within you dwell,
because if you don't
you will doom your soul to everlasting Hell.'
Such were the words drummed into me
when I was eight or nine,
now here I am at fifty eight,
still waiting for a sign,
some proof, a flash, a voice from god,
or something else divine.

Instead I have witnessed many other things,
solely from Earthly sources,
that tell me no compassionate god
could exude such malevolent forces,
surely a god that is good could never sit,
and watch so many die,
without sending angelic intervention,
a UN force from the sky!

Yet this has never happened
in the history of mankind,
through many thousands of years,
and many billions of tears,
the gods have always been deaf and blind!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Simon Collins 13 May 2012

True and tested Tom, nice poem, thank you

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George F. Hunter 10 May 2012

How true this is. Good poem, Tom.

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Valerie Dohren 05 March 2012

Very good write, and agree with the content.

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