May 2016
"I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of god"
Galatians 5:21
with a flick of his dollar store lighter,
the paper and its contents light.
smoke fills every corner,
reaching out like a child's hands before going down a slide.
he can't remember his youth,
for he put his life behind him when they dunked him in the water.
"brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. but one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead"
Philippians 3:13
he strained toward what was ahead with many questions.
many he wasn't patient enough to find the answer to
cold feet, warm hands, lost cause.
mom and dad were sitting in a room of worship.
as he worshiped his joint.
he sees God through glossed blood shot eyes.
only has faith when he is not in his right mind.
many say parents who force religion on their kids end up dealing with the worst.
"why are you angry? why is your face downcast?"
Genesis 4: 6
his parents didn't understand his changes in belief.
he didn't know if he ever even believed in the first place.
he didn't want to be a disappointment,
but it was inevitable.
they sure would be disappointed if they knew what he was doing now.
"even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall"
Isaiah 40:30
the last party he went to was where he discovered heavens gates,
there were so many new things,
he almost couldn't take it all in.
the smell of the snow, the pinch of the needle
why wouldn't god want him to feel this good?
why have the golden gates turned silver?
"because of these, the wrath of God is coming"
Colossians 3:6
roommates turned to inmates,
space outside was limited.
after spending years in prison he was finally set free.
when he went back to his apartment he found his bible still laying on the coffee table.
he ripped a page and rolled up the first blunt he's seen in a long, long time.
he closed his eyes and started planning out a better life as a knock sounded at the door.
his apartment could not be his anymore.
"should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?"
Proverbs 5:16
he made a home out of a blanket, a guitar, and the basement of an overpass.
every donation going into his drug dealers hands
never enough food to keep his stomach from rumbling.
he blamed it on the shake of the over pass
when winter came
God became more bitter
he introduced him to his brother
and buried him in the ground
"for like the grass they soon will wither, like green plants they will soon die away"
psalm 37:2
Galatians 5:21
with a flick of his dollar store lighter,
the paper and its contents light.
smoke fills every corner,
reaching out like a child's hands before going down a slide.
he can't remember his youth,
for he put his life behind him when they dunked him in the water.
"brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. but one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead"
Philippians 3:13
he strained toward what was ahead with many questions.
many he wasn't patient enough to find the answer to
cold feet, warm hands, lost cause.
mom and dad were sitting in a room of worship.
as he worshiped his joint.
he sees God through glossed blood shot eyes.
only has faith when he is not in his right mind.
many say parents who force religion on their kids end up dealing with the worst.
"why are you angry? why is your face downcast?"
Genesis 4: 6
his parents didn't understand his changes in belief.
he didn't know if he ever even believed in the first place.
he didn't want to be a disappointment,
but it was inevitable.
they sure would be disappointed if they knew what he was doing now.
"even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall"
Isaiah 40:30
the last party he went to was where he discovered heavens gates,
there were so many new things,
he almost couldn't take it all in.
the smell of the snow, the pinch of the needle
why wouldn't god want him to feel this good?
why have the golden gates turned silver?
"because of these, the wrath of God is coming"
Colossians 3:6
roommates turned to inmates,
space outside was limited.
after spending years in prison he was finally set free.
when he went back to his apartment he found his bible still laying on the coffee table.
he ripped a page and rolled up the first blunt he's seen in a long, long time.
he closed his eyes and started planning out a better life as a knock sounded at the door.
his apartment could not be his anymore.
"should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?"
Proverbs 5:16
he made a home out of a blanket, a guitar, and the basement of an overpass.
every donation going into his drug dealers hands
never enough food to keep his stomach from rumbling.
he blamed it on the shake of the over pass
when winter came
God became more bitter
he introduced him to his brother
and buried him in the ground
"for like the grass they soon will wither, like green plants they will soon die away"
psalm 37:2
