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Jul 2013
Don't you dare
Use religion as a banner
You hide your evil deeds behind
Have you actually fallen so far
You believe these lies are truth?
You put on such a big smile for the world
You laugh and cry at all the right times
Articulate and graceful
Dripping piety from your fingertips
How could anyone
Say you're wrong?
You say you're only doing God's work
Concerned for souls
Following a voice divine
You're so comfortable
In this tiny world you've built around you
Where everything has its place
And reality holds no sway
It may not be your fault
You've had help
Building those walls around yourself
So many voices
Teaching you about this false reality
They have put you up so high
On this pedestal of decay
You think yourself so far above
The poor little creatures below you
How your heart breaks
With false compassion
You pick and choose
The ones you shower your acid love upon
And you disdain the ones
Who don't belong in your little world
You hiss with venom
And you say it is the will of God
That they should be blotted out
Cast away into darkness
They have no place
In your little box of false holiness
But those walls are cracking
The Truth cannot be destroyed
You will fight to the death
Desperately trying
To hold that world together
Burning everyone around you as you fall
On that day
You will have a real choice to make
To meet God in the broken ashes of your reality
And let Him lead you to the light
Or to rebuild in the darkness
I pray for those in your wake
And I pray you will have the Grace
To let the poisoned world around you fall
So you can stand on solid ground
And that those who still love you
Will not be lost
Oh, false prophet
Such damage you cause
To hearts around you
In the name of God
You bring such suffering
I burn with anger for you
But I pray with fervor
To a God who sees
Every action you take
Casting down His children
Into darkness in His name
I pray for them
And I pray for you
God have mercy
Written by
Rachel Gifford
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