From An Atheist Who Loves A Christian Poem by Chauncey Depew IV

From An Atheist Who Loves A Christian

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Trapped in darkness, they think I am.
Those poor, misguided souls who sit in their artificial light;
Never will they know the brightness of my Scientific Sun,
As they sit in the darkest light I know.
Trapped inside they refuse to glance out the window
To see me bask in the light.
They think their artificial light to be brighter than my scientific sunlight.
What fools they are.
But as beautiful as this outside world may be,
I find it rather lonely.
As I gaze in through the window
I see them there: happy.
So is she, one of the most foolish of them all.
How I wish I still sat among them.
But I have seen the light, and the truth has set me free.

I know why the caged bird sings
And it does not sing for freedom;
It sings for a different reason:
Ignorance.
As I stand alone in my scientific sunlight
Looking in on the one I miss
I have come to one conclusion:
Ignorance is bliss.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I know this poem doesn't really have any rhythm, not many rhymes, and isn't particularly interesting. But this poem has soul. I used to really like this good, Christian girl, and the feeling was mutual. But she ended things because I was an Atheist, and it hurt. So this was just a spontaneous outburst of thought. Not even edited. If you have any suggestions to make it better I would love to hear them. Also, the line 'I know why the caged bird sings' and the following line was a reference to 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' by Maya Angelou, if you needed/wanted to know.
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