<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366039" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Why Does My Faith...</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I sang in the choir when I was young, <br>In surplice, ruff, and gown, <br>I bent my head to the cherubim<br>And cast my eyes to the ground, <br>I read your word in the Holy Book<br>And swore to be good and true<br>While living in fear of an Awe-ful God, <br>A life spent, looking for you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My mind was full of heaven and hell<br>And the things that I shouldn’t do, <br>But the world seemed bent on a wayward course<br>All done in the name of You…<br>For ‘Christ Almighty’ I heard on lips<br>That shouldn’t have breathed their sin, <br>And ‘Jesus Christ’ is a dirty word…<br>But why does my faith grow thin? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The world has turned to greed and lust, <br>To hate, to me for mine, <br>And life is cheap on the empty streets<br>Where drugs are the bottom line, <br>Where children murder their parents<br>And the parents murder their young, <br>Where everyone has a mobile phone<br>But none with your number on.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s long since I tossed heaven and hell<br>To rot in a garbage bin<br>But still maintained my faith in you, <br>Your pain in an earthly skin; <br>I still believe in an afterlife, <br>And I know that you’ll see us in, <br>I’m closer to you than I’ve ever been<br>So why does my faith grow thin?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Lewis+Paget">David Lewis Paget</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=366039" data-title="Why Does My Faith... de David Lewis Paget" data-description="I sang in the choir when I was young, In surplice, ruff, and gown, I bent my head to the cherubim And cast my eyes to the ground, I read your word in the Holy Book And swore to be good and true While living in fear of an Awe-ful God, A life sp..."></div> </div> </div>

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