Humanist Vs. Theist Poem by Lynn Anne Brown

I wish you kids would stop bickering
Science can't prove the gods don't exist
And Art can't prove they do
But we do exist
Or at least I do
And Despite some Philosopher's
Or was that just my Ego overblown's
Attempt to convince me
That every one of you
Is my creation
Something
I've dreamed up
Out of whole cloth
And while that power
Might be possible
I'll leave it
For the Universe
To Ponder
For more than that
Lies beyond my Ken

So I believe in you
Because well I've spent
Years
Gathering the Stories
Listening, Reading, Watching, Contemplating
Asking, Telling, Writing, Testing,
Adapting, Trying them Again
Consulting Experts
Well you've got the Picture
Fifty Five of them to be exact
I realize
That I can only read
A small part of the story
So it makes no sense that I'm writing it as well.
Well at least not the whole of it.
It would seem that I have collaborators
And that's where You come in

The other

Science gives me scope
Art makes me kind
And being human
Makes me hopeful
That I can satisfy
The Both

Because
Living 'Neath the Bridge
I find the Stomping
And the Yelling
Sometimes
Get's kinda loud
Which tends to happen when your human
And since I have to listen
Though sometimes I go Deaf
I rather hear the Drummers
Than the Guns