Just a little bit of rough poetry I came up with to describe the point I'm at right now. I'm thinking about using this to tell my family how I feel about mormonism. any way, enjoy!

The Cave

My whole life has been lived in a cave,

Never wondering, never pondering,

Never searching for the truth.

Lies and deceit were all I ever knew,

Black and white on a stark grey wall;

Colors were a thing of sin, a social taboo.

Looking to the outside now I can see,

All of the light and possibilities;

Vibrant colors and so much joy,

All I can do, all I can be.

Looking back in I see,

All those who stood beside me;

All of them still there in the dark,

Watching the show, not wanting to know,

To know it’s all a crafty lie,

An amazing deceit, an impossible scam.

Yet there they stand, and though it hurts me so,

I know what I know, and I know what they don’t.

And I’ll never turn back, and I’ll never regret,

No matter the pain, no matter the threat.

My life is my own; I’ll never give it away,

Never again will I willingly submit

To give it away for some idealist.

Because No matter the reward,

no matter the price,

None of it is worth my freedom of choice.