Agnostic Hymn (Poetry Form Eighteen: Kyrielle)

This is a Kyrielle, another French troubadour type poetry form. It’s basically a hymn with a refrain concerning divine mercy. I’m agnostic and don’t particularly chime well with Christianity, but this shows my religious standpoint in a Christian context, because it’s an intrinsically Christian verse form.

Agnostic Hymn

I’ve never felt that I belong
To one religious faith. I flout
Too many rules; they call me wrong.
Does heaven wait for those who doubt?

I also find it rather odd
That atheists must scream and shout
Their certainty that there’s no god.
Does heaven wait for those who doubt?

I see no visions, hear no voice
And holy texts, for me, lack clout
Uncertainty is not my choice.
Does heaven wait for those who doubt?

And yet at times I hear the call
From deep within, my soul cries out.
But then it’s gone, and down I fall
Does heaven wait for those who doubt?

And when I die, if it’s all true
Outside the pearly gates I’ll pout.
Will open minds be valued too?
Or am I damned because I doubt?