Given up God.
In my life there has been joy’s sweet tears
And loss’ bitterness through the years
Though the loss of anything could not
liken to death, and a siblings lot
my life changed with the loss of blood
too soon was taken from blood
I’ve given up Jesus and as such have given up hope
Not for the future, but for meeting you again
at the end of my life’s journey is nothing
But darkness and dampness and cold
And now that I’ve lost faith I’ve lost you
And though I know that, I can’t deny what’s true
I can’t stop my heart from the longing
but the longing must stop
I know that life will end my cares and sorrows
When you died you took a piece of me along
And the piece off of my heart was cropped
And sometimes I’m found in wallowing sorrow
And my life is found too damn fucking long
But I’ve given up Jesus and have given up God
And with them I’ve given up faith
And the dogma swallowed through gritted teeth
enough to gag, and enough to kill
I’ve decided that in this life I’ve had my fill
and will not be sheep’d with the lies of dead tyrants
I’ve given up Jesus and as such have given up you
And in my heart I know that it’s true
That I will never see you again in any but mem’ry
I love and will always miss the love that you’ve shown
And miss the times that you could’ve watched me grow
But in my heart I can’t help but know
There is no god, no jesus, and no life after death
And in my life I’ll hold true with my last breath.
Though i’ve given up God I’ve given up you
And may we all rest beneath the grass, the stone, and the dew.
To my sibling, long dead, long cold, and for this life, long loved.