Religion of Lust

I was born a Christian,

baptized of my sins,

before I could walk.

I tried to be a Muslim

for two years.

I didn’t eat pork,

I took Aptes –

ritual ablutions.

I tattooed my ribs with

“only god can judge.”

An atheist in my spare time,

when I wanted to sin.

I ended up with no religion-

though I prayed to God

sometimes in the back of the bar

on my knees for a man I just met.

I had no religion,

no religion except lust. 

--Kristen Williamson