,
Jesus,
Surely you see this mess
That we are in
And know the stress
And its roots in sin,
Is
that so?
Jesus,
You left some lofty place
That is far beyond my eyes
To come into this troubled space
As we head downhill to our own
demise,
Is
that so?
Jesus,
You cast your lot with us
You pitched your tent here
What do you make of all this fuss
And the people who die year after
year
For
decades centuries?
Jesus,
From your other worldly view
Surely you see Black people lynched
Dead on arrival at the hospital
Because a cop’s knee his neck
pinched
And
drained his life before our eyes?
Jesus,
Our people are enraged
Our people are mourning
As this war is waged
With plenty of warning.
What
about that pain and suffering?
Jesus,
You walked and traversed
Lots
of miles beneath the sun
People saw you and cursed
At you and the stories you spun
To
what ultimate good?
Jesus,
People who look like me
Carry guns and offer threats
Hanging that effigy from that tree
When said and done, any regrets
By
those folks?
Jesus,
That young man dead
Hunted like a deer or rabbit
By men racism inbred
Hatred their deadly habit.
Is
it so?
Jesus,
If you were to come again
And live amongst us once more
Could we say thank you and amen
Or would you close the door
Are
we too beyond hope?
Jesus,
You saved her from the religious
You kept her from dying
From rocks and the prestigious
Pompous cruel lots of folks crying.
Do
you see the connections?
Jesus,
You talked to her by the well
You told the truth about her life
Racism simply aside fell
She was not somebody’s wife.
And
you forgave her sins?
Jesus,
You who faced the angry mobs
Your human body did hang from the
tree
Can you hear our painful sobs
Do you feel our frequent pleas
For
respite from the pain?
Jesus,
And that gives me hope
For a brighter day and time
When no longer is a rope
A gun a knee the answer until then
I’m
Going
to pray grieve and shout
Help
my corner of the world turn itself around
And
know racism and what it’s about
Is
just another deadly ungodly sound
That
neither you nor I nor them can bear.
Jesus,
We want to hear
And live not in fear
Shedding another one more one more
tear
While on this planet rear
Our
children.
Jesus,
Save us we plead
We have made the world a mess
Our hateful selfish harmful evil
deed
Racism our greatest sin we do
confess.
Jesus,
And one more thing before I go
It's surely something you already know
This land of ours is about to decide
That one person might heal our divide
But I'm not so sure.
Jesus,
Some have seemingly sold their souls
To the white guy with his talk and curses real loud
While she speaks words of joy and points up ahead
She prays, sings, and laughs as we hold on by a thread.
Jesus,
And so it is done, and tears fill our eyes.
America has made her choice.
Character no longer matters to those who have a voice
And the crooked guy takes the prize with all his lies.
So I linger in deferred hope for this land.
Jesus,
Please forgive
Please forgive
Please forgive
Please forgive
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