Previous Challenge Entry (Level 4 – Masters)
Topic: STAND UP FOR JESUS (don't write about the song) (04/09/15)
-
TITLE: Is It All a Hangover? | Previous Challenge Entry
By Leigh MacKelvey
04/16/15 -
LEAVE COMMENT ON ARTICLE
SEND A PRIVATE COMMENT
ADD TO MY FAVORITES
So, why do I want to imagine myself in their place?
Say like, when I think of a dark hood over my head,
a shield against the desert sun who glares hard,
ready my sorry death.
This guy stands behind me with a sword. I can
almost hear the muffled sound of eastern prayers.
Will my knees quiver on the gritty sand
will I bow to the rage that lifts a sword
to my neck?
Will I say what they want to hear before their fury swipes
at my head and throws it into a truck? You kidding me?
Like, when I’m at the water cooler… and this jerk starts to
talk to me about “My Mama”… something crazy because
he don’t even know her, can I keep my hands around
my cup of water? Can I even do that when what I want
is to fling it like he flings his trash talk and punch him flat
as the tire he “nailed” in the parking lot yesterday?
Sometimes I wonder if my imaginings are me suffering from
a terrible faith hangover.
So let’s get back to the desert. The man is shouting for me to
Praise Allah and say I ain’t a Christian no longer. The video guy
is running his camera so CNN can cast it on the news.
Will I declare my faith instead of reading their script?
If I do, the video will be run on FOX and CNN will ignore
the whole thing. Aww…see here I go again, unkind and
unloving words, spewed like green peas right
out of my mouth in a fast second.
Like, am I ragging myself to think I could be that father
who lays face down in the sand and scratches out a cross
with his fingernails before the dark closes in on him?
When all the time he knows his son and daughter
will be next?
I picture those evil men pass a cigar around,
laugh, stroke their beards a bit, and then whisper
These infidels die, but still they stand.
So, is this all just some awful hangover
the world suffers every morning,
or is there more to this?
The opinions expressed by authors may not necessarily reflect the opinion of FaithWriters.com.
Accept Jesus as Your Lord and Savior Right Now - CLICK HERE
JOIN US at FaithWriters for Free. Grow as a Writer and Spread the Gospel.
well done.
God bless~