A Different Way Of Life Poem by Margaret Alice

‘Which religion should I choose to believe in’, reads
the heading of an article on Skeptic Website, I feel
very superior for already having formulated my criteria
to choose amongst religions and having chosen one,
experiencing the results

Not being a prescriptive kind of person, believing in
freedom as the highest creed and personal responsibility
as the principle for a moral life, I shall never proselytize,
all people should be free to learn through hit-and-run-
accidents; I prefer trying out alternatives in my head

While most people prefer to learn through acting out
their fantasies; still searching for an impersonal, out-
side authority to give them guidance, but I am content
regarding this aspect, enjoying the way life confirms
everything I’ve learnt

Hoping people who find out how it works will enjoy
the humour of the human situation with me; we are
so good at creating illusions; it is a pity so few have
the ability to sit back and enjoy the show, preferring
to get stuck in every possible snare

Their minds can offer – it is very adventurous
and challenging to live that way, but I require
something more, I have my sights on a
different way of life….