WE WERE CELLMATES

WE WERE CELLMATES

TWO DESPERADOES

ARRESTED FOR WAR PROTEST

AND PEACE MARCH

MOTHERS HIDE YOUR DAUGHTERS

HE WAS AN INDIAN FROM INDIA

I WAS A STREET WISE CITY KID

BOTH OF US IN COLLEGE

WE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL

GIRLS

PHILOSOPHY

HISTORY

DID I MENTION GIRLS

FINALLY

THE CONVERSATION PETERING OUT

I SAID

WOULD YOU MIND A QUESTION ABOUT RELIGION

SHOOT HE SAID

AS A HINDHU

DO YOU REALLY BELIVE

ONE OF YOUR GODS HAS AN ELEPHANT HEAD

OR IN REINCARNATION

OR EYES IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR FORHEAD

OR MANY ARMS

ALL OF IT SEEMS EXOTIC

HE ANSWERED

AS LONG AS YOU ANSWER A QUESTION OF MINE

SURE I SAID

DO YOU BELIVE

THAT YOUR GOD MADE A VIGIN PREGNANT

THAT BABY LIVED TO MANHOOD

DIED HORRIBLY

CAME BACK TO LIFE

AND BECAUSE OF THAT

 ALL YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN

SURE

IT’S TRUE

ANY MORE TRUE THAN WHAT I BELIEVE

ANY MORE STRANGE

AT THAT POINT

POINT

COUNTERPOINT

WE FELL ASLEEP

MINE WAS TROUBLED

QUESTIONS

KEPT RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD

IS THE WORLD ANY BETTER

BECAUSE I AM A CHRISTIAN

BY WHAT RIGHT DOES CHRISTIANITY

CLAIM DOMINANCE

IS IT BECAUSE EVERY ACT

HAS BEEN SACRED

OR WORD

HOLY

HAS THERE NOT BEEN MANY DARK PAGES

DARK AGES

BUT CLOSER TO HOME

HAS MY EVERY ACT

WORD

BEEN WORTHY OF FAITH

JESUS IS MY FAVORITE HOLY MAN

I HAVE NO DESIRE TO CHANGE

BUT IS MY LIFE WORTHY OF HIM

IF THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING

IS MY LIFE WORTHY OF HIM

I DON’T BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION

BUT IN AN INCARNATE GOD

WHO RESCUED ME FROM SIN

MAY MY LIFE BE WORTHY OF HIM

HIS SACRIFICE

FRANK A VOLLMER