Better Off An Unbeliever Poem by John Sensele

Better off an unbeliever
Than a dubious besotted deceiver
Taking on behalf of fractious faith human life
To prove I can unleash sadistic strife.

Better off without religion
Than humankind to deceive in the legion
Where my misconceptions and distortions I hide
To defend and append puny pride.

Better off a heathen
Scurrying about now and then
For room every human life to dignify
Every diversity in belief to satisfy.

Better off self flagellating
Than deep seated beliefs oscillating
Between fanaticism and extremism
If my pendulum I swing towards optimism and humanism.

Better off stateless
Than living in a society caring less
For the least affluent and opulent
To whom least attention is sent and lent.

Better off apolitical
Than belonging to bandwagons snatching my coal
To swell their pockets and rockets
While the poor languish in huts without satisfaction sockets.