<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=359936" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Nun Changed My Mind</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">At that young age, impressionable -<br>I was very submissive to their rules<br>Like earthly gods who were irascible<br>Those convent dictators made us fools.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At their command we knelt for hours<br>Before what they called 'God' in a wafer<br>Faith in that doctrine withered like flowers<br>As my trust on those nuns would soon waver.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At their clap we genuflected like robots<br>In silent, unquestioning obedience<br>But their cold stony faces showed us not<br>A vague tinge or a hint of God's Presence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One day, I remember some school program<br>When our number was over, I took the stairs<br>A nun standing there lost her temper said 'Damn! '<br>The fierce rage in her face raised my hair.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The red veins in her eyes almost burst<br>As a violent anger consumed that nun<br>Not knowing why, I think that was worst<br>To this day I can't recall what I'd done.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As a child I knew that God loved me true<br>And He always gave Grace and Kindness<br>That nun showed me all I must not do<br>That Religion of Hypocrisy is useless.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Cynthia+Buhain-Baello">Cynthia Buhain-Baello</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=359936" data-title="The Nun Changed My Mind de Cynthia Buhain-Baello" data-description="At that young age, impressionable - I was very submissive to their rules Like earthly gods who were irascible Those convent dictators made us fools. At their command we knelt for hours Before what they called 'God' in a wafer Faith in that doctri..."></div> </div> </div>

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