We Are The Believers

by Sourav   Aug 19, 2009


We are the believers- believe in the power of God
Promised land of heaven, blaze of vicious hell
We apotheosize the saints, respect the priests
Hold our extreme hopes to the ethereal illusion.

We believe this universe is created by Him
Who made all the lawful rules of life, death and beyond that -
Beautiful earth to live in, beauty of being gracious and pure
We believe in Holy Scripture, believe in clemency-

Yet these beliefs cannot touch the rope of a hangman
Knife of a stabber and- brutal killings of innocent people
Melting truth, burning lies, provocation of getting profane
In our nakedness of pretension we still believe - The God!?

Where is our God? Is He sleeping and letting us play?
Screams of priests and preachers don't make any sense
Our hearts are full with black desires - prayers are so dry
Sufferers are suffering and we believe they need to suffer more...

The slaves, the empty-bellied, the helpless, victims of injustice
Their bloods are flowing, dying like they never existed -
They too believe in some God, pray with utter indulgence
But only fail to realize in the misery- they are also human beings.

We the believers of unseen, don't see what is there to see
We the believers of our misery, exhausted by our own fateful burden
No more, we'll pray and weep;
No suffering, no bleeding, no grasping for air
Now we shall believe in ourselves
Our power will break the door of heaven
We will break the window bars and burn the injustice
Fresh air for everyone - a new law of life;
We are the believers -
We'll search our own God within ourselves.

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  • 16 years ago

    by Corinne

    All we can really know is the God in ourselves, and hopefully see it in others, or in our surroundings, as I do. Nature is how I know God. You have written a very strong poem.

  • 16 years ago

    by Cindy

    Sourav
    Such a strong and profound piece. It is hard at times not to question our Faith when we see so much agony, suffering and death. This poem speaks loudly and directly. It gives the reader a lot to ponder.
    You did a awesome job bringing your feelings to light.
    Excellent!
    Take care
    Cindy

  • 16 years ago

    by Beautiful Chaos

    Sourav, you have done some nice work here, I really enjoyed this piece, it gets you thinking.

    "Melting truth, burning lies, provocation of getting profane
    In our nakedness of pretension we still believe - The God!?"

    I really like these lines, to me I can almost feel the...frustration...for lack of a better word.

    "Sufferers are suffering and we believe they need to suffer more..."

    A strong statement that automatically makes you stop and think of the world and what is and has gone on.

    Good work.

  • 16 years ago

    by Ingrid

    * good or bad ( lol)

  • 16 years ago

    by Ingrid

    Sourav,

    We'll search our own God within ourselves.

    ^^
    This was the line that said it all.
    All that is, is within Him, the earth, all that is on it, the universe. We are like cells of His body.
    When we are born, our conciousness is covered with a veil, because otherwise we would not be able to function and do what we are here for: to learn from our stay here.
    A lot of people are frustrated because they feel they were handed a bad hand by God...they do not realize we learn from all we encounter and the so called"bad"things are just the other side of the coin. We, in our ignorance, have decided we should only have good luck and prosperity, but the truth is that all experiences are equal in the way they enable personal growth. There is no such things as goos or bad, those are man-made labels, there is just learning.

    Good poem, one that will hopefully make people think:)

    *hugs*

    5/5 Ingrid

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