Believe

by

Richard Betts Jr.

Sometimes I wear my emotion on the tip of my sleeve,
And people try to wipe their noses on what I believe.

I believe in love and life and passion,
In mercy and goodness and compassion.

Rather than suffer in pain and misery,
I believe in the right to die with dignity.

I believe that lawyers are leeches, sucking on the blood-soaked proof,
Who, in their search for victory, murder the long, lost truth.

I believe in God and that we are graced by his smile,
I just wish he would grin at us once in a little while.

I believe that homosexuality is not a sin,
There is nothing wrong with true love, regardless of the from it's in.

I do not believe in time off for good behavior,
The time for that was before you killed your neighbor.

I believe those of you who release a prisoner on parole,
Should be forced to live with him in your own home.

I believe those of you who put rapists and molesters back on the street,
Should have them baby sit your children for a week.

I believe insurance companies rape you and laugh while you scream,
Then refuse to assist you in your hour of need.

I believe our children lack common courtesy and respect,
Because of parental indifference, laziness and neglect.

I believe in an eye for an eye, we reap what we sow.
If you take a life, you should pay with your own.

I love babies, but I am pro-choice,
Every woman must maintain here reproductive voice.

In a free society, where common people play a role,
Common decency makes me believe in common-sense gun control.

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by: Joyce Hemsley
from: Sunderland, England, UK

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