The bells of St Peter's ring of joy and hope <br />Telling the Roman Catholic World that we have a Pope <br />And Joseph Ratzinger 'Benedict the sixteenth' came to the window overlooking St Peter's Square <br />And blessed the one hundred thousand cheering people assembled there. <br /> <br />Of German birth 'God's Rottweiller' is his nickname <br />Due to his conservative views yet for his views him one not ought to blame <br />Those who don't like his views from the Roman Catholic Church can walk away <br />With a leader one don't like why should one stay. <br /> <br />They can join me one who to a God does not pray <br />one who from all religions has turned away <br />Any dead person as of yet has not come back to tell <br />Of God's existence or of heaven and hell. <br /> <br />And though our destiny seems beyond our control <br />Any religious leader don't have the key to our soul <br />The way we live is our own choice it would seem <br />Though for billions an unseen God is good for their self esteem. <br /> <br />The smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney billowed white <br />And one hundred thousand of the faithful cheered in anticipation and delight <br />And when the bells had rung a Cardinal at the window announced we have a Pope <br />An aged man but where there is life there is hope.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/where-there-is-life-there-is-hope/
