I don’t have to be a proud atheist
I don’t have to be a pretentious atheist
I don’t have to be a rational atheist
Atheism describes what I’m not
I’m not a fallower
I’m not going to be told
I’m not going to be quiet
It describes what I’m not
it doesn’t describe that I’m a sucker for romantic comedies
or that I cry every time I read a tale of two cities
it doesn’t let you know anything about me
it doesn’t let you know that I’ll stay up all night tweeting like mad giggling like a mad fool
it doesn’t let you know that I’ve only ever fallen in love and never out
so you’ve said I should kill m’self for something I’m not
well I’m not
and I shouldn’t
and you shouldn’t
but maybe you just never learnt that people are more than the labels attached to them
The labels mean something but they don’t mean everything
I am not a word
I am not a name
and I will not go away if you simply become belligerent
and maybe that’s the point
humanity isn’t going to desert either you or me
no matter how vile or uncharitable
our choice is how we want humanity to be
I choose questioning, brilliant and forever looking forwards
And I can’t even quantify what you want
