My God Is Better Than Yours

My god is a living god

And yours is a stone, so

My god is better than yours.

My god is formless and everywhere

Your god is in a body of base metal, so

My god is better than yours.

I venerate my god

While you nail yours to a tree, so

My god is better than yours.

My god has a heart and weeps

Your god is a jealous god, so

My god is better than yours.

My god redeems my sins

Your god condemns you to hellfire, so

My god is better than yours.

My god knows how to smile

Your god only demands eternal praise, so

My god is better than yours.

My god was born of this land

Your god is a foreign god, so

My god is better than yours.

My god made man in his image

Your god has no shape, so

My god is better than yours.

My god counts the fall of every sparrow

Your god sleeps with concubines, so

My god is better than yours.

My god will be my salvation

Your god condemns you to rebirth, so

My god is better than yours.

My god talks to me in my sleep

And comforts me when I weep, so

My god is better than yours.

My god created the world in seven days

Yours came after men created them, so

My god is better than yours.

I can chop off your head

And take your land for mine own, so

My god is better than yours.

Copyright B Purkayastha 2008