Religion Parents Poems

I am not hardened by your strong sense of will 
And i am not weakened by any fragility of spirit
I am not stood still, awaiting my...

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I watch my choice couples from heaven.
Two of them could show me how to argue.
Experts, they disagree on the weather.
I would be able to divide...

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When we bring a baby into this world…we celebrate the day.
We hold our breath until the doctor tells us everything’s okay.

We’re happy knowing our babies...

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(parents smacking their children became illegal in Wales, UK, on 21 Mar 2022)


They now say they will send me to that hell,
where dark ones do...

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They all put so much stress on
getting a college degree,
and if it’s math or science,
I think that I would agree.
But in the humanities
another trend now...

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He told his folks his plans
Knowing they would always love him
Trusting them

But they threw him out
Turned on him 
He had to live with strangers

They had...

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The Ten Commandments

1. Don't pick your scabs.
2. Don't put anything in your ear except your elbow.
3. Pee before you go to bed.
4. Pick up your...

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You have taken the last
Piece of me
Everything that has
Made all of me
Wrapped and smothered
Choking and withered
Dying and screaming
Internally
You told me with words
I could never exist
You...

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You'd rather protect tradition
Than accept your children
The dead matter more, of course
Your kids should accept that
It's easier for you to enforce these rules
than changing for...

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Not all Angels 
Need to spread their wings and fly
Some are sent here to be loved
For way too short a time

We don't blame Jesus
But we...

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Would you honor your parents? Don’t follow them blindly!
Don't carry their faults to your grave!
Give carte blanche to religion, deep-grained racial bias,
If your kids are...

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Parents first responsibility
Education of their children
In the faith
Prayer
Other virtues
Parents duty to provide
Physical
Spiritual needs of their children

CCC2252
Written: 8052018
Poetry Form: Free Verse
Copyright © Jacqueline R. Mendoza...

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3/27/2018       
Spit shined black dress shoes, badges and keys. 

The childlike fear of figures of authority.

Condescending tone, vocal depth,...

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To be a true and pure and faithful evangelically zealous fundamentalist,
whether of good faith religions
or bad faith hatreds of other cultures and races and genders,...

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Degree work again! With Aberdeen University, 
Long distance, so not in strange surroundings, 
This time in the subject of my choice and tenacity,
For posterity, so...

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