Though they may say I am bad, <br />Though they may think I am mad, <br />Though it makes me feel real sad, <br />I will not serve a cruel god. <br /> <br />Though they may send me to Baghdad <br />To fight a crazed war in Iraq, <br />I will not totter, I will not rock, <br />I never will serve a bitter god. <br /> <br />Though I may not get people’s nod, <br />Though I may become poorly shod, <br />Though lightning strikes me like a Scud, <br />I shall not serve a stony god. <br /> <br />Be it Allah, Jehovah, Buddha, <br />Brahma, Jesus or whoever Christ, <br />As long as He violates others’ rights, <br />I cannot bow to a biased god. <br /> <br />However they play God as they may, <br />However they spray shells on my way, <br />However much they pay, long they stay, <br />Whatever they say, I will not pray.<br /><br />Gilbert Pangyarihan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/though-2/
