Economics of Faith

There was a time
whether for ill
or for the greater
good, faith was
what made the world
turn 'round,

but that was when
it ruled the world.

These days, things
have changed drastically,
where some faiths are
almost literally dying
out, or having to court
with new revivals,
so obsequious they
can hardly be noticed
for what they're doing,
saving souls for Sunday,
explaining why bad things
happen to good people
(why God lets it happen)
and ignoring that faith
never had anything to do
with that. It's cheaper
to do it that way.

But faith is something
you don't realize you had
until it's gone, its
absence almost a sort
of faith itself, because
you need to believe
in not believing, have
faith that you're right,
because faith is faith
no matter what you call it,
how you preach.

If we only realized that
faith is not something
so easily discarded, we
might be better off,
is all I'm saying,
that maybe we wouldn't
worry so much about
which way the money flows.

If we can conquer faith,
we can do anything, right?