KEITH BURKHOLDER - POEMS

​Keith Burkholder has been published in Creative Juices, Sol Magazine, Trellis Magazine, Foliate Oak Literary Journal, New Delta Review, Poetry Quarterly, Scarlet Leaf Review, and Birmingham Arts Journal.  He has a bachelor's degree in statistics with a minor in mathematics from SUNY at Buffalo (UB).

​If you think about it, we live in a narrow minded world

​Let's face it,
There is no God,
There is no Jesus,
Too much money is spent on the military,
And law enforcement,
No universal healthcare,
People like wars,
And destruction,
Decent people get stepped on,
Yet, nothing seems to change,
Our world is narrow minded,
Change is hard for people,
Even the gays still can't join the military easily,
People want good in the world,
Yet, it is in very small quantities,
Believe what you want,
I hate the military and law enforcement,
But we need them,
Humans behave as they do because of evolution,
And one cannot control the weather,
Think about what I have said here,
Take care,
And again, carpe diem.

Religion is a form of mind control

​There is no reasoning in religion,
Mind control at its finest,
There is no thinking,
We are not robots,
We live in an evil world,
I hate destruction,
Religion is lies and fiction,
Storytelling as well,
If religion was true,
There would be no military or law enforcement,
Take care,
Carpe diem.