I Want to be Real

I was raised in a
conservative church and
a conservative family
I did what I was told
but I read my bible
because I enjoyed it
My understanding was in part
but I was diligent

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I served
If I did what was expected
I got the stuff I needed
But I was not heard
My heart often held my un-cried tears

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Now Jesus had found me
at a young age
and He had been my guide
when I was often alone
He was the teacher
who knew the most
who heard me when I cried
His warmth was my clarification

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When I left the church
and then the family
He was the one that remembered me
He was the one that taught me to love
Jesus knows how to listen
He knows the power
of asking questions
of honoring each person He created

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Jesus understands persecution
He knows what it feels like
to not be heard in your hometown
He knows what it feels like to not be able to go home
He knows I want to be real

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People who stand on top of bibles
and use them as weapons
and not as a love letter make me sad
Not only are they hurting
the people they target
The people they decided
God doesn’t want
They are hurting themselves too

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If you don’t let your Beloved chase you
however will you know
that you know
how far He will go
if the crucifixion wasn’t enough

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Because people who stand on bibles
who make laws
more important than people
are telling you that
Christ’s death on the cross
was not enough
His choice to die for all of us
is circumstantial

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But the direct evidence indicates
that when Israel
continued to choose lust, pride and greed
when they broke God’s heart repeatedly and still do
Jesus died for all of us

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When Jesus was here
He ate with sinners
the people the church people
would not be seen with
the people they could be punished
for partying with
because Jesus knew
with them them He could be real

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I haven’t learned to trust
most people yet
But with Jesus
I can be real
With everyone else boundaries are my friend

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A note about the art. I was at a loss about what to use and I decided to google “I Want to be Real” and was overwhelmed with these images. So I went with it.

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