What would I have liked to have been taught in school
You asked
And my immediate thought
So immediate that it does not feel like a thought at all
But like a feeling
Like a cloudburst
Like a big bang
Like a revelation
Bestowed by some Higher Power

I would have liked
I would have loved
I needed
To be taught a lot fewer truths
About God

I learned so much about their god
About that god I was taught to believe in
That it took long decades to unlearn
Enough
For me to find God
Shining
Solid
Beyond their truths
Behind their great cloud of doctrines