Luck of the Draw

By: Zoë Christianson

Stand up if you have a religion
Keep standing if your parents gave it you
Keep standing if you would never consider another
Because you were born and raised this way

Stand up if you think your faith is right
Keep standing if you think the others are wrong
Keep standing if you think you discovered this truth
And you don’t think others feel the same way

Stand up if you’re from the U.S.
Keep standing if you follow Christianity
Keep standing if you were American-born
And of European descent

Stand up if you’re from the Middle East
Keep standing if you were raised Islamic
Keep standing if you believe it to be true
And other faiths to be false

Now stand up if you’re from India
Keep standing if you’re a Hindu
Keep standing if you were raised as a Hindu
And always will be

Once again, rise if you disagreed with your parents
Keep standing if you follow a totally different faith
That your parents never considered
How many of you are there?

Stand up if you follow your parents’ religion
Keep standing if that makes you superior to others
Keep standing if you “love” but don’t tolerate the others
Keep standing if you’re going to argue

If you’ve stood up for following your parents’ beliefs
Keep standing if you’d still have them
If you were raised in a different country
Where something else was preached