Not Religious Poem by Thabitha Marakalala

I am not Religious

I'm not religious,
For that culture is viscous
Them bishops got me suspicious
For they chase after them riches
Empty preachings
Biased teachings
The poor remain poorer
The sick measuring their breath
A saviour is still coming
While Pastors turn to profits

I refuse to belong to that religion
It has nothing to-do with my origin
The main cause of my ppls division
Planted the seed of fear
You made of the sun
Why fear hell? ?
Feel Africa swallow Her tear
Her children still believe the end is near
It's 2017 homonaledies skeletons are from a million years
Whose fooling who here? ?

I am not religious
Place the blame on them bishops
They cant suck me dry like the rest of them all
For I know my ancestors left me guidance on them wall
Know yourself you shall know your God

I belong to no religion
Need no God who will starve the hungry today
And promise me heaven tomorrow
I refuse to believe In them scriptures
For they prey on your mind like vultures
Though I walk through the valley of death I shall fear no evil they say
While they demonstrate trust in God
With bodyguards and bullet proof cars
Tell me am tripping.

I can't be part of that controlling system
Taking from the poor
Promising a paradise land
While them snatch away their land
If you steal you will burn in hell

I can't find sense in that black book
Surely it must have been
Inked by a crook
So much violence
Homophobic
So much racist
Not to mention sexist
Are you sure those are the words
Of my God? ?
Please my God is not religious
I will not be religious..

Tbt-M