A Fellow Man – A Humanist Poem

I regularly attend meetings with a group called Humanists West, a regional affiliate group of the Humanist Association of Ireland. One of the gentlemen who attends the meetings, Tom White, wrote a rather beautiful poem which I feel succinctly encapsulates Humanism. I will let the poem speak for itself.

A Fellow Man

I have no prayers or charms of faith

If God there be, He’ll know my weight

If God be nought, I’ll still do good

And practice justice as I should

We should not seek reward to do

What decency expects us to

Should Heaven be a kingly court

I’ll go elsewhere to prove my worth

Don’t get me wrong – I’ve sought belief

But lust for faith brought no relief

Mere logic leaves me where I stand

I am not blest, nor am I damned

I seek to do what good I can

I am your friend, a fellow man