Someone Else's God - A Poem
Thoth and Seshat call to me And tell me to seek knowledge And share what I have learned But someone else tells me "My God says no" Loki calls to me And teaches me the importance Of chaos in maintaining balance But, again, someone else tells me "My God says no" Aphrodite, Freya and Oshun call to me And help me find beauty and love Within myself, within others and in the Divine Someone else tells me "No. My God doesn't work that way." My Gods don't need to make threats to keep me They lead by example Teaching me to think, to love, to lead They teach me how to be human Someone else's God has a lot to learn This is what' it's like trying to explain my spiritual beliefs to others... to "someone else". Someone else can't relate, so they tell me I'm wrong. It's exhausting.