thousands and thousands of years ago
began an intricate system of faith

thousands and thousands of years later
the reasonable fine lines
between faith and grandiosity
between faith and superstition
between faith and manipulation
between faith and unruly practices
have been vanishing
in quite some bizarre fashion

my tender yet dubious heart
never comprehended
the eerie nature of believing in something
so profoundly
that the interconnection
of mind and body
get worked up so hastily
that goes against all
human laws to harm another being
just because of disparities
in their appearances, attires
and again beliefs

this very magnitude of believing
also comes
(most of the precious times)
without a single droplet of
logical explanation
or any credible references

although faith is not a stressor at all
believing in something is not
and shouldn’t be a fuss to any

however,
the gruesome misfortunes occur
when these grandeur beliefs
are mixed and whisked with religion
by bigots or uninformed folks

religionism never made sense to me
to be drowned in a belief
which results in a surplus
of chaos than oneness
that was never even
taught, propagated, or preached
during the ancient years
yet manages to overthrow
all the good in our magnificent wide world
and turn it into a living hell

after countless discussions
hours of introspection
and living in a time of perpetual upheaval
i’d rather have different sets of beliefs—
carefully chosen
conscientiously picked up during my ageing
to establish bonds and balance collectivism
and to never become a fraction
of practising extreme religionism.