I Can't Help To Ask Poem by Alem Hailu Gabre Kristos

I Can't Help To Ask



Three decades back,
A communist,
As a fad atheist,
To my chagrin
You taught us
'God doesn't exist! '

To my surprise
After mass
I saw you yesterday
Kneeling down
Hands upward
Wholeheartedly when
You Pray.

Out of His mercy
And benevolence
No doubt
God will forgive you
At once,
For what matters
Is your repentance.

But I can't help to ask
What will be the fate of
Of those credulous children
At their formative years
You sent off the track
Without a mental map
To return back?

Monday, October 19, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: faith
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Based on a true story.Ethiopia, once, had embraced socialism.Though a highly religious country the so called communists were promoting atheism.Ironically taking lesson the hardest way most of the atheist have become faithful.
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