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I Have No Reason to Believe I am not a God

Where is this God you Christians speak of?

I don’t see him on the news.

Or in the paper when villages burn.

I believe a part of Him resides in me,

yet I am more powerful than ever He be.

Can He save a French African girl from drowning?

I can, and have.

Can He feed the hungry in the shivering cold?

I have not, but at least I tried and will try again.

I am my own Creator, he had no hand in this.

My ancestors created Me, not He.

And I will continue to create, for all of time, if only in memory.

He may have made the locks, but I hold the key.

Why turn to a ghost for aid?

When I was lost, I found my way,

and I was down a map and hadn’t a clue.

I am a savior of children divine.

I have no reason to believe I am not a God.

But don’t expect me to save you.

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Jul 25, 2011
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