Poems

We have come a long way

Many years in the field

We have lost our fair share

But at least we have healed

We have come a long way

Many years on the road

We have traveled this far

Time to lighten the load

We have come a long way

Many years on the run

We have won here and there

But blazed under the gun

We have come a long way

Many years in the mix

We have made it this far

Time to get our last kicks

We saw the moon eclipse the sun, cowering in fear

we said that must be 'God', which offered us some cheer

We saw the shooting stars, falling down to Earth

scared we stared and asked, is the 'God' giving birth?

We saw the lightening strikes, frightened to our cores

we said this must be 'God' again, just like the times before

we saw the mighty mountain, spitting smoke and fire

we ran to hide but said looking back, 'God's' easy to admire!

We saw the Earth at center, because 'God' told us so

we said we can't explain it, it's just something that we know

We saw 'God' in our image, as we admired the mirrors and said

'God' is real and you must accept, or else 'He'll' make you dead

There is nothing left but shreds of last hope

Hope that my life had some sort of meaning

Hope that my life had some sort of purpose

And at peace with my own guillotining

I need to write one more, before my bones are dust

I don't want to pen another, 'tis closer now to must

Shakespeare's singing, new science play's a thing!

I need to say some truth, while I'm a human being

I need to own this ode, focus well 'pon what's said

I hope religion's banished not long after I am dead

Why isn't it and when will science become humanity's new religion?

Astronomy, Math, Biology, Physics, Psychology the new scriptures!

Go to 'church' on Sunday and listen to an Astronomer tell us what

we can and cannot see with our naked eyes at night in a starry sky

so we can truly begin to know how small and insignificant we are

which will help us understand why war, hate, cruelty and greed are 

such a stupid, sad, pathetic waste of a human beings precious life

You say there's a God but you show no proof

you say your faith's enough yet faith alone is factless

you say I lack faith but I have faith in science

you say your God speaks to you yet I hear only silence

you say there's a heaven but I see only space

you say there's a hell yet I comprehend only magma

you say I'm a heathen but I understand we're both human

you say I'm a wicked sinner as I watch your hypocrisies

you say your Jesus is caring as I witness your selfish greed

you say your God is love as I feel your contemptuous hate

you say all this with a smile but underneath I sense a sneer

I have faith in science

my faith in science is absolute

my faith in science is my truth 

I shall never waiver from this faith

I have science facts to back up my truth

Geology: The Earth is billions of years old

Physics: A human being cannot walk on water

Biology: A human being cannot rise from the dead

Astronomy: The Earth is round and revolves around the Sun

Chemistry: A human being cannot be born without both egg and sperm

I have no faith

I am faithless

No true allegiance

Untrustworthy as a

sneaky thief

I have no faith

I am faithless

No promises kept

Infidelity the keeper

of my grief

I have no faith

I am faithless

No real beliefs

Distrustful of all

human schemes

I have no faith 

I am faithless

No convictions

Faithful only to

broken dreams

My faith is strong

I believe in my faith, I trust my faith

my faith is real, my faith is the truth

I do not waiver in my faith

my faith is my rock, my faith is my life

I put everything into my faith

My faith will get me through

I will never abandon my faith

nothing can alter my faith, or destroy my faith

I will never deny my faith

I will never accept another faith

my faith is my salvation

My faith is my God

my faith lies in the heavens

my faith's the moon's made of delicious cheese

We are true science men

Who revere intellect

We invite inquiry

Not piety unchecked

We are true science men

Who loathe skulldugery

We revere evidence

Not lame humbugery

We are true science men

Who detest delusions

We applaud verity

Not stone age illusions

We're good science men

we believe in science facts

we have faith science is true

We have abandoned religious faith

we simply see no evidence or proof

we do not accept the God myths 

We're following the scientific evidence

we stand by repetitive experimentation

we support logical, hypothetical, theories

There comes a time to face the truth

To see the writing on the wall

The hale and cocksure days of youth

Soon take their final curtain call

There comes a time to let things go

To rest and let all bygones be

The wise and prudent golden years

Must set like suns beyond the sea