6000 Days

[linux.poet]

6,000 days​

I was on my way
when I gave birth
they said
it was too early

I saw her breathe
in a glass box
one time
but she was gone
when they took her away
My hand pressed
against the cold glass
my unspoken prayer
unheard
I may have lost 6,000 days

every day
to love
to witness to
to educate
to hug
to guide
to admonish
to remember
we may have lost
a witness for Christ.
While you stand over me
and laugh.

I took my mom
to your colonoscopy
and you blinded your eyes.
You didn’t see
the cancer you should have saw.
You weren’t looking for it.
I may have lost 6,000 days

every day
to love
to help
to care for
to drive
to talk with
to support
to advise
we have lost a witness for Christ
While you stand over me and laugh.

You left him on the side of the road,
got him fired from his job
twice
running away from repossession in a borrowed car
stole his mail
threw his career in the trash.
Told him to commit suicide
multiple times
you wanted him to
die in the war
He is an inconvenience
because he accepted
the Gospel
and was baptized.
I found him in his SUV
with your rope around his heart.
His body still breathes,
but he is gone.
I may have lost 6,000 days

every day
to be married
to laugh
to have
to hold
to pray for
to eat with
to rest
we have lost a witness for Christ
While you stand over me and laugh.

A thousand years may pass
In the reign of your thoughtlessness
Your job searches
Your eviction cases
Your worthless trauma
A thousand ways to waste my time, with your worthless interests on the earth.
I may have lost 6,000 days

every day
to win
to conquer
to stand
to save
to illuminate
to instruct
to destroy
I may have lost
my witness for Christ.
But I’ll see you go in
the bottomless pit
While I stand over you and laugh.

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Note: This poem is intended as an attack on Satan and his various agents of evil and is not intended as a personal attack on any forum member here. It’s a poem. There are some fictionalized elements, so don’t take it literally.