Stand Up

Stand up for what you believe in

We’ve all heard that phrase

But what if one’s “beliefs”

Are ridiculous or unfounded

Built on hearsay and rumor

Substantiated by nothing

Other than indoctrinations

Based on ego and ancestry

Worse yet, words in a book

That have been rewritten

Revised reworded rearranged

Left out then let back in to be

Misinterpreted and misused

By people in positions of power

To perpetuate their perceptions

In how they want people to behave

Because an invisible man in the sky

Said so, or so “they” say, said so

Fully examined and understood

Gives one, one less leg to stand on