if jesus calls me second-best
if i was made from man
if i must keep my sermons silent
i suppose i was made what i am
if tradition is the law
woman is one short of seven
if good god tells me i am flawed
i don’t want to go to heaven
if married men are too impure to teach
if wives are just possessions
well you cannot covet me because i am
was i made an animal free from oppression?
whose image was i made in?
if woman is not man
and man should have only woman
if god can’t love what he created
then i don’t want to go to heaven
these ancient laws are dusty
the church is not a court
if i do go to heaven –
dear God,
She’ll stand in my support.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
i agree the catholic religion is steeped in too many manmade rules