Please believe that

Not lying

It's not that I want to lie to you

It's not that I'm trying to deceive you

I really am not

I'm simply

trying the best I can

Without offending you

Or coming off as a heretic

To tell you

That there are other ways

That there isn't just one

Absolute

Expectable way

There are many ways

And no one way

Is always

100% always correct

I don't care

Who you follow

What religion you believe

What science you studied 

What reality you adhere to

There are so many ways

To look at one thing

That to adhere to only way

One way to look at it

One way to respond to it

And that's all I want you to open your eyes to

And 

I'm sorry

That because I don't buy into it

That I don't adhere to the rules

And regulations

That I don't believe 

In any only one way

I have to behave

In such a way that makes you believe I'm lying

But if you look deeper

You'll see I really haven't been. 

I just didn't want you to feel bad

I didn't want you to question anything

Without sounding like an imbecile

I just want to be here for your ride

I want to share in your journey 

But that doesn't mean

That I believe all that you believe

Or want to adhere to all the rules

You adhere to

We all beat to our own drum

Each culture

Each sex

Each person

Has their own drum

I don't want to tear yours down 

So please

I'm begging you

Leave mine alone