What Beliefs?

If Jesus never came back from the dead
Where would we be now?

What myths do you believe?
What myths do you call religion?

Do you believe only that 
Which this world can prove to you?

Jesus Outside the Liquor Store

I am not opposed to shaving my beard
or cutting my hair
based on any religious considerations
It's more a matter of personal preference

Threads of whiteish gray striations are invading
and I have no way to defend against them
I am content to let them colonize
a territory that will fall to them
regardless of any defensive tactics

On a recent faceless night
I was at the liquor by house and
as I was walking in two young men
walked past me very much looking like stoners

One said to me "What's up, Jesus?"
I stopped, raised my right hand
and said "Blessings, my Son"
We walked away from one another
Into an evening of blurred memories