Religion is, by far too many,
all too often treated to be
philosophical training wheels
nailed, *******, drilled, shot and beaten
into the already rickety bicycle
of One's own Life;

sure,
the training wheels
may help to keep One from falling,
that One can gayly forgo
the humility and responsibility
implicit with the burden
of One's own cognition;

yet, One cannot steer by leaning
if One relies on training wheels,
and, if One never takes them off,
One will ne'er have the true freedom
of being fully able to ride the bicycle
of One's own Life.