Death of an Atheist
<P> I was born in the Springtime<br> In the Winter I will die<br> The Harvest Moon is shining<br> As my time draweth nigh<P> I brought in some sheaves, I guess<br> Though now I don't rejoice<br> For to embrace religion is to<br> Silence freedom's voice<P> The cool chill of Autumn's wind<br> Slithers down my spine<br> The harbinger of death I hear<br> Whisper through the Pines<P> I do not stand and quake in fear<br> Or call out to a god<br> No more down this dead end road<br> Will I have to plod<P> Nothing in this universe<br> Can further torture me<br> No master did I ever need<br> And slave I will not be<br> --- Temy R. Beal<P>