Where Are You

Someday the angels will fall to their knees
Singing for anyone who will listen
But today the martyrs are too busy
With so many other voices to hear them

Where are you?!
Where are you now?!

Forty years multiplied by the pain
Of a history you’ve let befall us
We’re still wandering through the desert
Still waiting for you to save us

Where are you?!
Where are you now?!

Glorify the tales of the righteous son
Pretending the hero came to our rescue
More than irony that the very thing he once molded
Became the instrument of his demise
His lesson was more than just forgiveness

Where is he?!
Where is he now?!

Maybe this is hell
Maybe this is the hell
We’ve made his heaven to be

Your religions are a cancer
And it’s eating away at your eyes
Burn a goat and pray to the east
It just doesn’t matter
IT DOESN’T MATTER!

They got it wrong!
We’ve got it wrong!
And where are you now?!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Christian Avatar
November 20, 2010 at 4:20 AM
a good write, we should always Listen to God to get on in life. and this poem is awesome, God is always there for us but what about the oens who dont listen to him? its atwo way conversation and is sad so many are mising the mark and blessings. God bless you.
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November 19, 2010 at 7:07 PM
when needed the most. . .
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