no more churches, temples, and mosques,
the wind has no need for a home.
no more battles or wars in my name,
no more judgements bound by your fears.
no more talk of heaven and hell,
till you walk the path before you.
for as long as you kill
to feed your greed.
as long as you allow
children to go hungry.
as long as you discriminate
out of your ignorance…
as long as you take
more than you give.
you do not know me!
you kill my messengers,
or twist their teachings
to use for profit and gain.
you choose religion over love,
believing in instant redemption.
you speak of my wrath,
but the anger is yours.
you try to define my being
with impotent minds.
you’re so blinded by selfish desire,
that you do not see me all around you.
the man you kill,
the woman you rape,
the child you abandon,
the begger you ignore….
the young man you send to prison,
or even worse to battle.
the poor you leave in poverty,
the uneducated you fail to educate…
the homeless family,
black, white, red, and brown…
male, female, old, and young.
straight, gay, religious, or not…
the abandoned dog, the stray cat,
the addict, the whore,
the farmer, the factory worker,
the father, the mother…
me!
for every tree you cut without thinking,
you’re cutting into me.
every river you defile with your waste,
you’re defiling me.
every ocean you poison with oil,
you’re killing me!
you fear hell?
hell is your own creation,
the result of your actions!
quit blaming it on me,
you did it!
smokestacks polluting the air,
bombs falling on helpless people.
nuclear reactors melting down,
jobless men and women standing in line.
children abused by doped out parents,
human rights violated or taken.
oppressed peoples rising up…
you created these by your actions.
dont call my name anymore…
till you name the nameless ones,
and put faces on the faceless.
till you learn to respect,
till you’re willing to listen.
till you’re willing to get dirty.
till you can give without wanting back….
and then when you’re alone
in the middle of the night…
take off your masks,
and look in the mirror…
the image you see is me!
my name is your name!