Do you hold strong faith in divine powers?
There are many religions to practice.
We grow, learn and hold on to what is ours;
Some beliefs change us into fanatics.
Religion is an organization;
It leads us to function in completeness,
To live freedoms with unification
As we do our rituals with sweetness.
But we become a group of followers,
And we are content having a purpose
With a leader never to disavow
As words drip like honey into verses.
We turn to God wholeheartedly for love
With a mighty messenger to guide us.
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Author Notes
As everybody knows I embrace all people and religions, however, I am labeled as a Muslim. I attempted to write in Iambic pentameter, however, not sure if I was successful because of the big words. Thinking simple words to syllable stress on finger counts aren't as simple as some may think. I wrote religion in general versus focused on one sacred and secular belief. There are too many ideologies even if they are broken into 5 mojor religious groups. And all not being monotheistic drives me into many different paths to understand. So forgive me if writing religion at a macro-level offends you. There were no ill intentions of that. God bless you, (even those with agnostics and atheist beliefs).
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