church

i lost my voice
singing in the church choir.
and replacing God
with any other word.
praying to fall in love
with corruption.
he lost me to such a one.
i couldn't reach him
as he lost himself.
my priest went down
for a sexual felony.
his daughter ran off
changed her name,
declared she was gay.
my ex-catholic mother
still won't watch girls kissing
on tv.
no man
has ever possessed me.
or gained a hold
so i would give myself freely.
so i sat in his car
owned myself pure
declared myself lonely.
he called me his mary.
but even God loved her enough.
he bothered to come down
from above.

Reviews

[Lola Nation]

this reaches me in depths no one could know.

or maybe you did.

[Lyrik]

Hypocrisy at its finest. I will admit that I got tangled up in this piece but it was my own failing and not the poet. However, that is the good thing as it snared me well enough that I held on to it until the fog cleared. Well said.

[W.k.kortas]

I second the "wow". It's observant and biting without anger, and there is the juxtaposition of large, sweeping beliefs and feelings on the small, personal scale. Fine, fine writing.

[Jeff Loquist]

Wow. The imagery in this writing is amazing and I am bounced between everything that is wrong with religion and everything that is wrong with love. Excellent.