Dio Writes

Warning: Strong criticism of the judeochristian god, not that he doesn't deserve every ounce of it.

The old gods relegated to myth

Their stories usurped by

A petty deity of weather and strife

Ruling through terror and

Neverending war

The single god, his doctrine says

Denying his own origins to

Sate this bloated narcissist's ego

The pantheon from which he hailed

A forgotten footnote

I am love, he says

As he peddles weaponized hate

In me find peace, he says

As his armies slaughter countless souls

Blatant lies, told shamelessly

Pitting his followers against the other

And against each other, endlessly

The blood spilled, sacrifices to

A god bereft of kindness, love

A terrorist, subjagating a world

I deny this usurper of hope

I reject this tyrant in a god's guise

This narcissistic monster, mobster

Who revels in our despair

Who is empowered by our fear

I do not fear you, deceiver

There are powers older than you

Stronger than you, by far

What can be made can be unmade

Even an upstart god.