Pilgrim's Progress
When I was a babe They took me to church.
I was marked with a cross.
I yelled. "Letting the devil out," they said, "Now you're a Christian, One of the family," They said.
When I grew up I went to a church.
Hands were laid on my head, The cross was confirmed.
I knelt in white dress And trembled. "Now I'm a Christian." I said.
Now I grow old.
If I enter a church Ancient phrases I chant. "You're guilty," they say. "You're a sinnner," they say. "Of what ?" I ask, and "Who says that I am ?" "God says," they shout. "Who is God ?" I ask. "Aren't you a Christian ?" they ask.
In utter confusion, "What am I ?" I say.
Norah Gutteridge is a regular member of the East Midlands 'S.o.F.' Group and lives near Nottingham.