Luck of the Draw

By: Zoë Christianson

Stand up if you have a religion

Keep standing if your parents gave it you

Keep standing if you would never consider another

Because you were born and raised this way



Stand up if you think your faith is right

Keep standing if you think the others are wrong

Keep standing if you think you discovered this truth

And you don’t think others feel the same way



Stand up if you’re from the U.S.

Keep standing if you follow Christianity

Keep standing if you were American-born

And of European descent



Stand up if you’re from the Middle East

Keep standing if you were raised Islamic

Keep standing if you believe it to be true

And other faiths to be false



Now stand up if you’re from India

Keep standing if you’re a Hindu

Keep standing if you were raised as a Hindu

And always will be



Once again, rise if you disagreed with your parents

Keep standing if you follow a totally different faith

That your parents never considered

How many of you are there?



Stand up if you follow your parents’ religion

Keep standing if that makes you superior to others

Keep standing if you “love” but don’t tolerate the others

Keep standing if you’re going to argue



If you’ve stood up for following your parents’ beliefs

Keep standing if you’d still have them

If you were raised in a different country

Where something else was preached