Believe - Poem

[William Hodgetts]

Believe

We all have souls of that I’m sure
Some are rich and some are poor

Truth is that which we believe
Until a new one we conceive

Of all the creatures that have ever been
To only one kind is immortality seen

We strive for knowledge, its gift, its curse
It can make us the best or make us the worst

In the light we are safe in darkness we hide
But there’s only one haven from the animal inside

At the end of each question there’s always a why
So gods we create and place in the sky

Each god is the one and there can be no others
And each we defend by killing sisters and brothers

When will we see there is only one choice
And in all that is good, there’s only loves voice

When you pass through the doorway when leaving this world
Will you enter with tears or with wings unfurled

When you enter that place and see all those that you knew
Will you say, I’m not staying I have more left to do

If you return to this world so truth you may find
You will find it in those, who are gentle and kind

In those who you hurt yet they always forgive
And those who would die so others may live

Love is a gift you give and receive
And love will be yours, if you’ll only believe