What religion you follow?
who? Me?
I don’t know
for sure
I was born a Buddhist
read The life of the Buddha
went to pagodas to pray
I saw a Hindu temple
read the Gita
folded my hands
and prayed
I saw a Church
read the Bible
knelt in front of Christ on the Cross
and prayed
I saw a Mosque
read the Quran
spread my palms
for prayer
now you tell me
what religion I follow?
if you are confused
Humanity I call it
the only religion I follow
[Not meant to hurt the sentiments of anyone.]
This poem is entered in the Thursday Poets Rally Week 32 (November 4-10)
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How the world would change if your religion had more followers.
I like your religion…more of us need to practice it.
I love your religion. And I love your way of expressing it. 🙂
smart one,
love your creativity.
xx
Count me in A – world will be so much better off.
agreed.. the religion of humanity would be the best.. no barriers! LOVED the entry!
My Rally Entry
That was exactly why I abandoned religion years ago; Humanity wasn’t on the list of choices. If people actually just practiced that religion, there would be no different factions, no wars.
And not only do I like what you practice; I also like your poem. 🙂
Really cool poem! It reminded me of a book I read called The Life of Pi by Yann Martel.
I enjoyed this one as well as the thoughts on the religion. I firmly believe that religion is nothing but the sign boards on your path, not the end. Just like various countries have sign boards of different types and with different languages, same way there are various religions teaching almost the same things in different language. Its for us to choose what our innerself can read or what our innerself can understand.. so the desire to explore relgion is not the end result but a step towards understanding the sign boards and the be on our path to our own end…
I like in the simple way you have given a meaning to humanity… its also a religion, if I may say so, only without a deity or an idol to pray upon but mass consciousness…
Thanks for sharing.
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Twitter: @VerseEveryDay
Blog: http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com
I love this…wonderfully said and written….
Humanity…..should be used and practiced like a religion but should never be considered a religion…..
Very real and honest.
This piece speaks greatness. To myself anyway.. I know what you’re talking about and you write it amazingly. Thank you for this : )
-Roxanne
welcome in,
No problem of which poem you enter,
Happy Rally.
Have fun exploring…
xx
The best that you could ever follow! Humanity! We should all just be human!
nice poem. it in very simple terms does an excellent job describing the fundamental tennents of humansism. good job.
I adore this, and it is very true 😀 Check out my other poems when you have the time!
http://fearlessdreams.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/good-thing-about-bad-times/
http://fearlessdreams.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/yes-im-a-girl/
This is absolutely beautiful in its spirit and its form. What a wonderful gift to us for Poets Rally. Thank you!
Great point… a lesson to all of us.
JP
http://tasithoughts.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/soaring/
humanity is all we have here on earth to show who we really are– nicely written.
Very clever – wish more thought like you do!
If we were all humans for the sake of humanity, this world would be a much better place. I like this poem. 🙂
Humanity, that’s all we really need to embrace. Nice thoughts well written.
love the way you depicted Humanity as your religion the point was heard and as one of the fellow comments above more of us do need to practice it!
Oh, this was wonderful. I feel the exact same way.
Here’s to humanity; no matter how you express it!
if people were faithful we would of learned our lesson at the cross…
i really enjoyed your poem…
thank you for showing love… http://wp.me/sKYxG-relevent
hurt sentiments? absolutely not. The concept is lovely. It is all about humanity indeed.
I really like your thoughts, that you believe in Humanity. I believe the same. Very thought provoking poem, great work!
lovely concept…spirituality is within…religion is a choice.
you echo my feelings here !! great poem 🙂
no feelings hurt here 🙂 very well done!
Wow G.A you said it all in just 5 stanzas (Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Humanity*)! And it is just “WOW”
I think you figured out the best answer. Nice job, Aurora!
I just sent this through the Twitter grapevine. I love this
You are kind. Thank you much.
I like that you made me think about this, that is what this writing is all about; so let us continue to do it religiously.