Thursday, February 12, 2015

Friend Shame

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer
Hiding away in the dense forest I can’t see my hand before my face
But your voice told me you were my friend,
     keeping me safe
And trees pressing in all around so that I couldn’t breathe from the dank musty air
You drew closer and I thought you were my friend,
     keeping me safe

Squeezing in tighter and tighter
Dryness in the mouth and the blood emptying my body were signs that I ignored
Despite these droughts at the time I still thought it was you
     keeping me safe.

Years roll by and the forest is jungle increasing in danger and still you are my companion
I’ve grown so used to you, we fit together and were comfortable and you were,
     keeping me safe.
Slashing our way together in avoidance of harm you introduced me to Numb,
Numb was fun and became my friend who helped me forget about the darkness,
     keeping me safe
And you were so close that I forgot you were there,
     keeping me safe.

But somehow, at the right time, light broke through the canopy.
You tried harder and harder to keep my mind on the jungle
But the light shined upon the both of us
Twisted metastasized synergy of sin and brokenness had reached the center of the jungle…
…and you would have me stay there.
The light revealed you were no friend at all.
You are Wormwood, whispering in my ear, “I will keep you safe.”

“YOU LIAR.”
“You and your friend Numb, can go to hell.”

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