Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.12.155.148
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
When I was younger i was taught to believe in god Now i wonder if i misunderstood, Whether it was all a mirage Baptized in holy water so the father could give a trial by fire Suicidal thoughts seek to conspire As we forget the angels and our demons consume us Earth encrusted shoulders, each day a little boulder And I want to be a believer But all i see is anger and shots of liquid amber I heard the preacher tell me that god loves us That we're like angels, simply wingless And i want to believe That there's someone out there But every prayer brings another Sandy Children in the school yard fall like confetti Like a bloody ticker-tape parade As his light simply tiger stripes the shade Never erases, simply highlights the Yosemite Sam sound effects that serenade A generation where white boards double a body armor And with every dead child i struggle to reconcile This love-hate relationship But i want to believe That the love outweighs the hate But we're screaming hello While he whispers goodbye Like we're that second page in another hopeless fairy tale Sprinkling bodies like Hansel's breadcrumbs As we search for that ginger bread house they told us was a church But we find only the pieces of us we left behind The parts that shattered on impact as we free fell Leaving us looking a little less beautiful than before And i want to believe But im stuck in this mortuary closet Filled with skeletons of my past life Sitting around trading war stories And i want to believe I look for god, but i never get pass the neon cathedral Sacramental whiskey sips and bartender confessionals Never used a chaser i was too afraid to chase the truth Mostly cause i was to scared of myself So i exchange fear for numbness as I use whiskey-scented band aid substitutes Trying to drown my demons but my terrors taught them to swim I just want to believe But first i want to believe in me
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required