the need for belief

just what is the need for belief?

where does it come from?

at what point in our lives do we learn that

to believe in things is good,

while to always question,

though crucial to human progress,

is somehow “less fulfilling?”

when people find out that

you do not believe in the things that they do,

be it “god/s,” the state,

whatever the case may be,

they look at you differently,

as if you were a cardboard cutout version of themselves,

as if you had no shadow,

as if you no longer mattered in the greater scheme of

things,

quite as much as someone who already bought

all that they were selling.