Concept, Or Beyond? Poem by Eric Cockrell

religion,
often a drug,
that cripples the spirit
on the long path to freedom!

God?
male? female?
concept, or beyond?
or as simple as...

the light in a
small child's eyes
when his mother tells him
she loves him!

or the look
in the stray dog's eyes,
when you feed him...

or the hand of a neighbor,
who just helped you
pay your rent...

or the feeling
in the prisoner's heart,
the day he is set free!