Scriptures Poem by Eric Cockrell

the only scriptures
i want to read,
are the life stories
of the oppressed and downtrodden.

the only prayers
i know to be real,
are their unspoken needs,
their desire to be free.

the only church
that i belong to,
their homes, their shelters,
their grimy neighborhoods.

the only image of god
that i want to see,
the humanity in their faces,
the injustices falling in their tears.

and equality,
the only walk...
the path, the destiny,
of the human heart!