#poetry about religion

[poemsonmars]

my new therapist tells me

that we need to do a

depression assessment.

during it, she asks me

if i believe i am being punished.

i ask her, "punished by who?"

and she shrugs at me.

i tell her, "i would have to

believe in a god of some sort

to believe that someone

could be punishing me."

she scribbles something down,

looks away from her paper,

tries to make eye contact,

asks me, "hypothetically,

if there were a god, would you

believe you're being punished?"

and it takes what feels like

an eternity of silence

for me to answer her.

i swallow the lump in my throat.

i settle my stomach

with the palm of my hand.

i do not meet my therapist's eyes.

i tell her, "there is a reason

i don't believe in god anymore."

-mars

[blueywritespoetry]

god was shocked by newness

he gave us arms and shovels

he gave us strength and siblings

of course cain buried his brother

the novelty made him gasp

sprinkle the world with rain

let the blood drift like rafts

and now we are all infected

by the wrath of cain

the hatred for abel

a mark that won't let us kill him

but will never let us feel peace.

[poetsofmyhearts]

O God, what crimes have I done

Left lost, my calls unanswered

I clasp my hand oh so tight

Only to be left with silence

Am I not as important as your children?

Have I become a delinquent in your books?

What have I done to deserve such treatment

Let me be your daughter

Prove myself your worth

Do not leave my suffering in silence

For it, should be in your conscience

[asoftepiloguemylove]

"I BELIEVE THERE IS A GOD. BUT I'M NOT SURE HE STILL BELIEVES IN US." // MUSINGS ABOUT GOD

Vi Khi Nao Fish in Exile // pinterest // Ada Limón The Echo Sounder, from "Lucky Wreck" // Mitski Bug Like an Angel // Margaret Atwood Half Hanged Mary // Ethel Cain American Teenager // Supernatural (2005-2020) cr. Eric Kripke // Elle Emerson Regarding the Röttgen Pietà // Yves Olade Belovéd // Kim Addonizio Wild Nights from "Tell Me" // Jensen McRae Machines // Supernatural (2005-2020) cr. Eric Kripke // Anna Kamienska A Nest of Quiet: A Notebook (tr. Clare Cavanagh) // Tom Waits Day After Tomorrow // pinterest // Lauren Camp Upon Taking the Universe One Thing at a Time

[icaruspendragon]

anyway here’s a poem i don’t really like/can’t figure out how to fix so it’s probably not gonna make it into the next book but you guys can read it if you want

[howthemoonweeps]

inanotherunivrse // pencap // journal 1970-1986 - andrei tarkovsky // 100 love sonnets - pablo neruda // flowers of evil - charles baudelaire // unknown // unknown // holyaches // i'm your man - mitski // descended from dreamers - li-young lee // as consciousness is harnessed to flesh: journals and notebooks, 1964-1980 - susan sontag // the-overanalyst

[trickstersaint]

in which you are seven years old and trying to dislodge the chunk of apple in your throat // october 22 2023

[myowndoriangray]

From my new poem “S&M&U&ME”

[diaryofruchita]

ruchita, excerpt from about love

[lesbianjudasiscariot]

When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? - Job 34:29

Psalm 102 - Semler / Half-light: Collected Poems - Frank Bidart / The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath - Sylvia Plath / Greywaren - Maggie Stiefvater

[szeklerkesz]

Dante’s Inferno, Canto XIII. // DO YOU DOUBT ME TRAITOR by Lingua Ignota // Apocryph by János Pilinszky // Epistolary Grieving For Jimmy Swaggart, No. 3 – Hell by Lingua Ignota // Spring by Edna St. Vincent Millay // Penumbrae by John Updike // Angel by Leila Chatti

[toalltheangels]

@/writerandweeper on TikTok // "Susan Smith" by Wych Elm // @/noknowshame on Tumblr // Book "Call my name" (2017) by Melissa Febos // "Family Tree (Intro)" by Ethel Cain // "Easter" by " @/freedomanddisorder on Tumblr // "Hail Mary" prayer

[blueywritespoetry]

I never thought I was an optimist.

I saw the world as fairly dark

with bright spots only there to cast

a shadow across those lesser.

however I choose to hope.

I choose not to believe in a God

because if this is a world He deemed

"good"

then he cannot be as "good" as he claims

and if this all is in my best interest

God can go fuck himself.

I choose to believe in natural benevolence

believe we are not doomed nor destined

I believe we have hope.

[xsuspencexkillsx]

when about Judas/love through a biblical lense. 

I didn’t mean for it to end this way. Sometimes  love is... betrayal. The coins. A priceless kiss. I’ll hang myself tonight after I see the blue in  your lips. He’s compelled by a higher power. Everything will be alright in the end. His master  has gotten out of scrapes a thousand times  before. His love cheats death. Did I tell you anything? Did I confess all my sins? I am so  dirty. Filthy. Unwashed. Unclean. Guilt washes  over me. Belief or distance. Ultimatums made of secrets and crucifix kisses. I mourned for you, but you did not take the time to notice me. My Christ has been stolen. I wish for a different life.  My mind. Broken and tired. It burns when he’s asleep. The rope will never break. Prophecy. 

[asoftepiloguemylove]

RELIGION AND SUPERNATURAL

unknown // Supernatural (2005-2020) cr. Eric Kripke // Mitski Bug Like an Angel // Supernatural (2005-2020) cr. Eric Kripke // Lingua Ignota NO. 1 / FORGIVENESS // The Rapture from "Supernatural" (2005-2020) dir. Charles Beeson // BELOVEDVIOLENCE a search for God // Paint It Black from "Supernatural" (2005-2020) dir. John F. Schowalter // Ethel Cain Inbred // Supernatural (2005-2020) cr. Eric Kripke // John 11 1-45 from "The Holy Bible" // We Happy Few from "Supernatural" (2005-2020) dir. John Badham // Ethel Cain Sun Bleached Flies // Inherit the Earth from "Supernatural" (2005-2020) dir. John F. Showalter // Tom Waits Day After Tomorrow // Don't Call Me Shurely from "Supernatural" (2005-2020) dir. Robert Singer

[moth-j]

How to Talk to God:

- A step-by-step tutorial

Step 1: Tell him everything.

You will wonder why you need to tell him these things about yourself, for God is supposed to be all-knowing.

Do not question him. He is all-knowing. He is simply giving you a chance. He does not have to provide you with a chance.

Step 2: Beg for His forgiveness.

It’s best to do so on your knees, knelt at the altar. No matter where you are in the world, God will always be looking down on at you.

But you don’t look very remorseful with your shoulders held high, it’s better for you to be low enough to kiss the Earth He created for you.

Show Him your guilty hands and pray that He will wipe them clean.

Step 3: Be grateful.

God has given you more than you could ever understand. It is true that He might not answer every prayer that escapes your lips, but God knows that now is not the time.

Yes, He is all-powerful, I don’t know why you would ever question that. Here, put a few bills in this basket, the higher the offering the stronger the faith.

He knows more than you could ever comprehend. Trust in Him, and He will provide.

Step 4: Have unwavering faith.

You know, the reason God hasn’t answered your calls is because He can feel your faith wavering. Though, I’m sure Father John has already spoken to you about this.

Maybe if you loved Him more, He would be more keen to save you. You haven’t gone to confession in so long, do you even deserve to be blessed with that communion?

God doesn’t like people who whine.

Step 5: Give up

How many times can you apologize before the words lose their meaning? How many times do I have to kneel before you, bloodied hands and bruised knees, before you show up?

It’s 11:13 a.m. on a Sunday and my right hand is gripping a crucifix in the back row of my home church’s pew. My head is bowed, my heart is heavy with everything that’s ever happened to me, splinters from dead wood are digging into my palm, and I’m begging for you to help me.

You do not answer.

The wooden cross tumbles onto the blue-carpeted floor and lands facing away from me.

I feel guilty.

I do not apologize.