she sat in the kitchen
frivolously underlining passages in her brand new bible
nodding her head
occasionally pressing her hands into her chest
"yes" she'd whisper
with her blind eyes shut
every ******* needs a crutch
every hour or so
she'd leave her hiding place
to shove her misunderstanding in my face
"god only loves us if we ask him to"
"you're a sinner. your sins can only be cleansed with the blood of christ"
"our lives gain their only meaning when we ask christ into our hearts"
oh yeah?
is that right?
how'd he find any room in yours
when you keep it bound up like a hostage?
i tried with all my might
to remind myself that i am a spiritual being
that i want no one to hurt
even those who waste their precious seconds plotting ways to hurt others
to craft everyone their own kind of pain that they can name
and later
help you look up a cure in a little black troubleshooting guide
but i cracked
and i snapped
and i didn't feel bad
don't you get it?
are you paying attention to what you read?!
the whole ******* story is about LOVE...
about loving everyone
not only under certain circumstances
but every second of every day
the same way we're told that he loved
calling yourself a christain is the farthest thing that you can do from actually being christ-like
he was a good guy
like robin hood
not oprah
you won't get a free car
or fleeting fame
all you'll gain is peace
and clearly that's what you really need
but you also need to remember
that if he's watching everyone's every move
like you say
then he too sees you going out of your way to ruin someone elses day
he sees you ignore the hungry man asking for change
he sees you preaching things you've never practiced
he sees you looking for ways to bend the rules without breaking them
if christ came back
he wouldn't be the sharp-dressed man seated up front
whom you try to charm the pants off of with your faith every week
he'd be the homeless man outside sitting by the steps in silence
whom you marched right passed
without so much as a glance
or a simple hello
he'd know you misunderstood the entire message
flash a toothy grin
and go right back to spitting prophesies into his brown paper bag
but most importantly
he'd never rub it in your face that he thinks you've got it **wrong
this is in no way a jab at christianity, or at any faith, for that matter.
it is however a direct jab at people of any practice, who don't even bother to embody any of the basic principles or ethics of said faith, such as; trust, compassion, empathy, understanding, selflessness, and love.