Taking Back My Life

You preach to your congregation.
You preach to your relatives.
Do you ever preach to yourself?
Ever take those hard learned lessons
you talk about
and make sure you actually learned them?
Honesty
Integrity
The benchmarks of a good Christian,
or so you say as you tell
EVERYONE how to behave
the right way,
everyone... including me
who got clobbered by your words this week.
20 Christian qualities
sent straight to me by an unsuspecting relative,
direct from you.
Did you read them when you wrote them?
Do you read your Bible?
Do you know how?
Or do you just tell people what to do?
Those who teach bear a higher level of responsibility,
so says the Bible.
Did you read that part?
Did you read thou shalt not kill
Before
or
After
you murdered my spirit,
made going to church impossible because
all I think about is your hands on me
in the woods behind the church building.
No one knew.
No one even suspected.
You were that good.
You think you still are.
Well, get thee behind me, Satan!
You can't tell me what to do.
You can't turn my faith on end anymore.
You can't have me, no matter how many lists you send my way
telling me how to be a good Christian.
That doesn't mean I lie down for you
EVER again.
The statute of limitations
on being a victim just ran out
so get the hell out of my life.
Your time is up.