priest

When I was in Grade One,

My teacher in Religion explained,

A priest is the representative of God,

That a priest has to accept

The sacrament of Holy Order

To become a full-fledged one,

 

When I was in teen years,

I caught my religion teacher

Who then was the parish priest,

Making out with our school principal,

 

Then, it is where I realized,

That they are humans too like us,

With desires and yearnings

Just like ordinary men.

 

When I was in my adult years,

My boss was a priest

And he impregnated my colleague.

 

But because of strong love

Between them and the future of

The child.

 

He went to Vatican,

To surrender his being a priest

And lead a normal and ordinary life.

 

Now,

Within two months,

Three parish priests were killed

In three different areas

And in their own churches

 

With the same method

Which is stabbing in the back,

A sign of betrayal

But definitely not of remorse.

 

A week later,

A girl was killed,

Stabbed, tied like a pig,

And thrown at the street

Because she has a child with a priest.

 

Then a few days later,

Another girl was stabbed to death,

This time with a four month old fetus,

Wherein the main suspect is her boyfriend

Who is a priest.

 

Looking back at the different scenarios,

Made me think hard,

Is priesthood really a vocation

At present?

 

Or a dating site

For lovers to be?

 

I wonder what happened

With the virtue of Chastity.

Reviews

[Onlyme]

Shockingly insightful poem this one Sette. Basically no man is an island, safe, secure and unapproachable or god like no matter who, religion or none religious!

[sette]

totally true my friend but then this is reality

[Onlyme]

Exactly reality is shocking and most people do not want to know or even hear about it. When they actually should. Stop and listen and know.

[sette]

that i agree with fully

[Coyote Poetry]

Hard and true words written. Religion had a bad name because of bad men. It is very sad. Thank you my friend for sharing the realistic poetry of this world.
Coyote

[sette]

thanks my friend for an insightful review and yes really so sad

[Coyote Poetry]

The good deeds of the church are forgotten. I saw nuns serving people in Honduras. You are welcome my friend.

[andrew mitchell]

Nice write on what really goes on behind the cloaks. Just child abuse hidden behind the confessional box. Again!

[sette]

thanks for an insightful review my friend

[Jimmy Yetts]

When men purport to be more than they are, evil inevitably follows.
Chastity is, apparently, something these frauds just talked about.
Very sad, S.

[sette]

truly sad my friend injustice to the victim is really so sad until now being sensationalized in the media so cruel

[Donna]

Wow! sette, this is very interesting. Yes, I agree that priests are human like us all, but they take that oath, and need to live by it. We have enough crap going on in the world, and this shouldn't be one of them. There are so many wonderful priests out there. You wrote this very well. It is sad, you just cant trust anyone anymore.

[sette]

and sometimes when i think about it i am confused on whether to understand them or not

[DIVYA]

A very very interesting and finely written poem sette! Kudos. As for priests, only God knows what to do with most of them.

[sette]

that is so true my friend thanks for sharing