Brainwashed

You must

be

purged,

Soul

washed

clean.

We

take this 

book to mean,

Whatever

we want it

to mean,

And

you.

must.

obey.

Don’t

question,

Or you

will

be questioned.

Sinner.

Free thought

Is

not allowed.

Minds

controlled, 

like clones

they

speak in the

same 

gibberish 

symbols.

meaningless

repetition.

your body

is 

scrutinized.

your sexuality 

strangled.

you

must

talk

act

dress 

believe 

like us,

or

you’re 

wrong.

guilt eats away at 

me.

your text

holds passages

about

abusive

husbands 

stripping their wives naked,

humiliating them.

young girls

raped.

yet these don’t

offend you..

but homosexuality 

does?

Don’t hide

your

bigotry

behind

a book,

that you

misinterpret 

and disfigure 

until it is

unrecognisable 

to the

God

who

inspired

it.

God loves you..

but disagree

and you’ll burn

in

hell.

That’s

the kind of

love, 

i have been

escaping 

my

whole 

life

love shouldn’t come with

threats of 

torture.

i don’t find God there

my God comes to me in

quiet

in

nature,

in the 

world, she

lovingly birthed,

the many-breasted

one.

our

mother.

in my body

and the

kindness of 

friends,

in the stillness 

of

meditation.

She resides in

the

stars.

i have broken

free from your

hatefulness

masquerading as love/

my brain has

been

washed

clean.