I Met a Mormon Today

[kakareen]

I met a mormon today.
I quickly sent him on his way.
Too late, I realized,
Once he had surpassed the reach of my eyes,
That I had not said what I needed to say.

Once, I had loved my religion.
It's easy to do, when we are children.
And we understand not ourselves or the world.
Its mysteries and inconsistancies
Have not yet unfurled
But when they do, then we

Comments

[kakareen]

I really wish I had said it then, but I feel better now that I've bunged it down. Thanks for reading.

[cepter_doom]

Well said.

[kakareen]

Really? I wasn't sure of my coherency, but I had to express myself...

...we all have the "I should have said..." moments. I guess one of the benefits have a touch of writing competence allows one to get it out of one's system.

[cepter_doom]

Yeah, really. :) I've often wondered if that isn't a major part of being a good writer - i.e., having issues to work out and then giving them voice.

[captaingoatyak]

i sometimes have an easier time sitting down and writing if i have recently been severely pissed off or depressed about something. i think i can see why a lot of the 'artistic'/writer sorts have been alcoholics. kind of fuels the muse.

[captaingoatyak]

yeah i don't like mormons either... you should print out some pamphlets or something with that written on it and hand them out in front of an LDS temple or church or whatever the hell they call them. or, better yet, just stick them under the windshield wipers of the cars in the parking lot, then you don't have to communicate with any of them directly.

[kakareen]

He tried, really hard, to give me a pamphlet. I think he thought he had a chance merely because I didn't bark "Go away!" the moment he walked up to me. I didn't have it in me to let any of my anger and sadness really show. I may have been too polite, really. Hence my regret. The urge to tell him was strongest when he called me a 'Daughter of God'. Specifically, what I wish I had said was: "I don't believe you want my kind. You made that abundantly clear with your support of Prop 8." And then, in the stunned silence that would have been sure to follow, I would have smiled and walked away.

[captaingoatyak]

oh, one really tried to bother you? just out wandering around on the street in some random place or what?

daughter of god... ha. you should have said, "well, i am now" and thoughtfully grabbed your crotch. i would think that would also result in a pleasing stunned silence. or maybe some stuttering. i would also settle for some abrupt speaking in tongues. heh.

[cepter_doom]

You might also have pointed out that Genesis doesn't mention God's having any daughters (when it mentions how God's sons went and got it on with hot mortal chicks). :)