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Ecumenically Yours

I make no excuses for the way I feel or what I believe 
nor do I adhere to everything I've been taught 
I believe in goodness, kindess, mercy, from above and below 
and its when I meet nature that I find my religious afterglow; 
I make no excuses for the way I behave 
yes I walk with a limp but thats because
I escaped from Alcatraz : 
So, if and when I choose a religion, 
ITS NOBODYS BUSINESS BUT MY OWN 
If I have Faith, its not because of a preacher, 
but because of a teacher who once died, 
to set me free. 
When I see Buddha and Christ link arms and smile, 
then I will know that I have found, my heaven. 
xo xo

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