Something to Believe
(Living an authentic life means searching one’s soul to discover what is true, and then having the freedom to act upon it. It is my belief that rather than being shaped by external circumstances, we all unfold as unique inpiduals, and from the very beginning we deserve the freedom to become who we are.)
You were fragile as a child.
You were quiet as a mouse.
You grew up in a house
that looked like every other house.
You were taught the proper
things to say,
and told how you should feel.
And as the years went by
you used your silence as a shield.
CH: But the quiet voice of
conscience was a friend you learned to trust.
And you dreamed of things you’d like to do
while doing what you must.
When the ordinary answers
left your burdens unrelieved, You had to search beyond them
to find something to believe.
You were taught to
hide your feelings
and to do what you were told,
But no matter how you struggled you could never fit the mold.
Your questions were unanswered, your doubting heart unsatisfied.
When you found no one would listen you tried to hold it all inside.
No one is born a blank slate
for the past to write upon,
Nor an empty bucket to be filled with rules for right and wrong.
Our minds were made to question each assumption, each belief.
And from the truth we find
we build our own theology.
CH: For the quiet voice
of conscience is a
friend we learn to trust.
And we dream of things
we’d like to do
while doing what we must.
When the ordinary answers
leave our burdens unrelieved,
We have to search beyond them
to find something to believe.
Copyright 2004 Dana Clark