Sitting In Church One Day

Sitting in church one day,

Churchgoer said something that

Blew me away.

He told a story about a neighbor

Crossing his boundary line.

“This is my yard,

don’t be such a retard.

For I have a gun,

I will be protected in

Heaven from everyone.”

Now, I thought to myself,

This guy needs help.

I don’t care what the

Churchgoers say,

I thought Jesus

said Pray,

Pray for one another,

not the other way.

Using guns to settIe the score,

escalating it into a war.

Can’t we think of other ways?

Guess people justify

their beliefs

backing it into

compartments so neat.

What’s the use,

you can’t defeat,

what people see.

Written by Christina Sunrise on March 18,2011

poem by Christina Sunrise
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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