Deceptive Teacher

Sitting on the swing, dreaming lazy things.
You were pushing me! Yes, always pushing me!
Used to the ride...I liked to glide...way up high,
back and forth...and wanting more!

Then unexpectedly, you twisted me around...
and there I was, lying on the ground!
My vision blurred, from all your spinning words...
and I couldn't decipher where I was...or what caused the fall!

I felt paralyzed for a moment!
I felt used and I felt broken...and you...
You stood over me and laughed, that I fell down!
Even worse, you drew others in, to mock me, like a clown!

You were unapologetic! You were vain and unashamed,
with no accountability...how you deceptively played!
To think...you purposely mixed me up! I know better now!
I'm done...listening to your excuses, as you aloofly ask, "How?"

Cowards always hide in the dark,
seeking their power, with a guiltless heart,
preying upon those who naively think, that grace,
is never speaking up! What have we been taught?

Just give in! Just give in! Bowing to their sin...
because we turn our cheek, like Jesus did!
So, their pride grows, as our weakness shows...
because we're taught...love takes the blows!

If there's one thing I've learned, through all my tears,
God doesn't condone abuse!
When there's a sick cycle, that's lasted for years,
they won't hear...that you feel...misused!

Your feelings have worth, to the ones who love,
not the ones, who dismissively shove!
If you're being shot down and kicked to the side,
get up now...and leave them behind!

I know it's hard...but there's a time to choose,
to change, what you thought would last!
If they're not willing to confess their sin,
then leave them...and your pain...in the past!

Cut the puppet string from their prying hand,
wipe their dust, off your feet...and take your stand!
Find the ones, who will listen...and have your back,
who believe what you say, about the attacks!

God sees it all...and vengeance is his!
You have a purpose! You were made to live!
And...I don't mean, just being alive...
letting yourself suffer, getting hit from all sides!

Tell me this...those who think, we should just stay in it,
those who've never loved enough, to concede...
You say, "I know them!"...So, you stand on the side of the manipulator...
because their behavior, never caused 'YOU' to bleed!

Would you turn to the sick, to get your healing?
Would you run to the thief, who opts for stealing?
Would you show your heart, to those who keep tearing it down?
Would you trust the ones, who sold you out? No, no! No, no, no!

But you say to me, "Just let it go!
Choose to forgive...and let love show!"
That's not being caring! That's lazy religion!
You've let...'See no evil'...keep the division!

So, abuse is tolerated by the church!
Not learning to fight it...we stifle the search!
We welcome it in...and opt for good measure!
"Just get along," is the destroyer's pleasure!

Corruption, will always seek to win,
when we close our eyes to blatant sin!
As it circles and spreads, the truth becomes thin!
Shallowness disqualifies relationship!

The honest heart is left, bleeding in the dust...
as their passive 'friends' parrot, "In God, we trust!"
But...who can we trust? Who can we trust?
Church family, wake up! Wake up!

The wolves are among us...bleating out our language,
with their twisted tongues...and their self-righteous agendas...
tying us, to some religious thug, who just wants to control...
while we, the sheep, pay their toll!

How can we fight the battle of selfish indifference?
When indifference is running the show!
We weren't taught, the consequences of submitting!
We weren't taught about the balance of the whole!

Prestigious, charismatic...deceptive teacher,
the aftermath...now, I know!
I've moved on! You're still covering your face!
I won't go back! No, no, no!