Ode to The Close-Minded Christian ( a Poem)

So you say you love God
and everyday you read His book
but have you ever taken a second
to take a good look?

At the people around you
who believe in the same,
but they live it; not read it
so you think they are strange.

I've read your book
I've heard your preachers scream
and I can tell you my dear
you live in a dream.

You listen to man
and not to your heart
your faith based on words
will soon be torn apart.

Don't look at me strange
when I say I'm a Witch
because if you knew what I knew
you're beliefs just might switch.

You cling to Jesus
for he died for your sins;
he died for mine too
but that's just where it begins

I don't rule out
that God has come to earth
I don't rule out
that he came by his birth.

But perhaps this God
about whom the stories are told
is the same God
to which my beliefs hold.

You call a woman named Mary
the Mother of God.
I call his mother the Goddess
now is that so odd?

My beliefs and yours
are not quite far apart;
we just have different names
for the faith in our heart.

There truly is not
wrong or right
I know the great One hears me
when I pray at night.

Whether he or she
whether one or three
I know my creator
truly loves me.

I have not judged you
so do not judge me
in time my dear
perhaps you shall see...

...that its not important
the faith you choose to be.
It's important you have faith
In the God that there be.

~~~~Source Unknown