Somethings you can’t change
We live in the richest country in the world
where we have a king and a queen
the most happy people on earth
and people can say what they want
I live in a city with a lot of different religions
which live peacefully together already for ages
where everybody is welcome to believe (or not)
since Desiderius Erasmus translated the bible
A local priest told me this has now changed
because of a war far away from where we live
which divides not only the country involved
but also over here in our local community
Both religious leaders involved wanted others
to speak out for one of them and make a choice
breaking and dividing the open dialogue between
build up in our city and which brings us together
I advised him: let them write down their thoughts
based on what they believe in and speak out once
and after this burry the documents in our city tower
on top to think about it when hearing our carillon play
Gerard Geerlings 