Acquiring Beliefs Poem by shimon weinroth

you tell me that it is so
why should I believe you
it might not be,
if you tell me that it is not

that is easier to believe
true is not as enticing as false
I in a quandry
why believe at all

we hold these tuths to be
self evident, all men are equal
beliefs are holding truths

in the beginning
I was told that it was so
watered again and again
I grew to believe you,
not because it was so

sleeping dreaming and fantasizing
we are not free from beliefs
implanted by you
it was mom and dad gave me life

and beliefs they said were true
were theirs and their parents too
said it was good to have some beliefs
of my own and some of theirs
there is no world without beliefs