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A Place of Sad and Lonely Sods

July 31, 2013
By Paco27 BRONZE, Grand Prairie, Texas
Paco27 BRONZE, Grand Prairie, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"To me a name comes first and the story follows". - J.R.R. Tolkien (The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 219-220),


A building and a steeple,
Full of interesting people,
With an air and a spirit,
that is quiet and is faint, but, alas, I still hear it.
It is subtle and is blunt,
That stirs up a fire in my gut.
It's the feeling of several eyes,
All staring without reprieve.
Watching for a fumble,
Just waiting for me to stumble.
An air that carries judgement,
And a hidden feeling of resentment.
Is this proper in a place of God?
If this is so, than the church is indeed, a sad and detestable sod.


The author's comments:
This piece was written while I was sitting in my grandads church during a Wendsday night class. My grandad is a pastor in the town where I live and I go to his church on Wendsday night 'cause, despite his flaws and some of his radical views, he's still an amazing teacher. He speaks with such conviction and grace that it completely enthralls me sometimes.
But I wrote this because I couldn't help but feel like the members of his congregation are watching me or staring me down sometimes, just waiting for me to make a mistake, it's a very unpleasant feeling, and I wrote this piece to help express jus' how I felt when it happened.

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