What if Judas was a scapegoat? A man who had so much Faith in planning That he Would **** his God for it With just the slightest Hesitation He became unable To live within the new world he created Bear the consequence of forgiveness Sometimes consequences **** you by your own hand And what if Revelation Is a metaphor For the wickedness of human nature For the private palaces and castles Golden idols Hells and heavens in our heads I ask But Lori won't have it She is far too literal For all my liberal ******* She pulls my wayward soul Back into the real world Back in with the churchgoers And Jim hugs the life Back in my chest They have held my hands Through valleys full of death And breakups They have seen my makeup Smeared across my face They have seen me in the worst places Wearing all my worst faces And they still invite me over for dinner So I fear no evil When the Kaisers are with me For they are witty They are beautiful from the inside out They are not afraid to get loud And they have taught me Everything I know about Being a Christian Even though I lose my way Even though I lost my faith In definitions Wandering doesn't mean I'm lost for good Just exploring my options With my feet bathed in still waters Getting tan In green pastures I will have these holy verses Tattooed in my brain Forever All the comfort and humanity All the divinity I could ask for All the love I'll ever need And just because they've Heard me cuss And seen me bleed And probably Read my ****** poetry They would never judge me They'd just slap me on the back And say "Quit worrying. Jesus loves you honey." And in their prayers that night they'd mention me So God could hear my name
The title kind of explains it. Jim and Lori Kaiser are retiring from teaching sunday school and I was asked to write to them and tell them what they have meant to me. (I could just tell them, I'm at their house enough). So this one is for them. I love you guys.