Never-After

Never-After © Ben Burton Why is it So many godless people Are offended by religious words Spoken publicly? Does reverence instill fear in them? If so, of what? The church lady Swinging her purse? If shuffling off our mortal coil portends The end What then? It is done. Finis. Who’s afraid of the big, bad nonentity? Where is the sting? Why is it troubling To nonbelievers If I proclaim to the very stars Belief in a Divine Being? Will it harm their children? Influence them so much That they fall prey to false belief False hope Thereby opening a path To the glorious Never-After? Does sincere prayer Uttered before atheists Lead them to despair If so, why? Do atheists have commandments Precluding their admittance To a nonexistent afterlife lodge If their ears are violated By a believer's Prayer? Or does apprehension take root Nourished by the idea of being wrong Thus, wrecking their chance To make it to the dance Maybe it is best not to believe Risking no disappointment after death When, upon looking around, one sees nothing And thinks, "HA, I knew I was right all along" While huddled masses praise His name Elites look on with stark disdain The common man remains inane Blissfully inane What flies in the face of logic Must be wrong Though theories with highly suspect reasoning Are showcased as irrefutable And spoon-fed like poisoned pablum Ultimate proof lacking either way But, oh, what spoils to the believer While the atheist looks forward to . . . Ironic? Certainly For fate's so easily changed In fewer words than these In His name