The Matriarch

ONE MOMENT SHE WAS ON A PLANE
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE WAS HERE
WHATEVER HAPPENED, IT WAS QUICK
ADDING ANXIETY TO HER INSTANT FEAR

SHE WONDERED ABOUT HER HUSBAND
HE SAT BESIDE HER ON THE PLANE
SUDDENLY THE PLANE WENT DOWN
FOR REASONS SHE COULDN’T EXPLAIN

SHE REMEMBERED WHEN THE PLANE HIT
AND THE MASSIVE BALL OF FIRE
SAW SPIRITS RISE FROM THE FLAMES
DRESSED IN HEAVENLY ATTIRE

NOW IN DARKNESS SHE’S ALL ALONE
BURNING IN AN INVISIBLE FLAME
ALL AROUND HER WAILING AND STENCH
WITH NO ONE BUT HERSELF TO BLAME

TERRIFIED, SHE CRIES OUT TO GOD
BUT IF HE HEARD HER SHE CAN’T TELL
INSTEAD A VOICE SPEAKS IN HER EAR
“YOU’VE DIED AND GONE TO HELL!”

“I MISSED THE RAPTURE?” SHE CRIED
“HOW CAN THAT POSSIBLY BE TRUE?”
“I SPENT ALL OF MY TIME AT CHURCH
DOING ALL THAT I WANTED TO DO.”

“I SANG SOLOS AND WAS IN THE CHOIR”
“TAUGHT BIBLE SCHOOL IN THE SPRING”
“WAS IN CHARGE OF THE FOOD PANTRY”
“DOESN’T THAT COUNT FOR ANYTHING?”

“I ADMIT I COULD BE A LITTLY NOSY”
“JUDGED PEOPLE BY WHAT THEY WORE”
“NEVER PUT ANYTHING IN THE OFFERING”
“OFFENSES, I ALWAYS KEPT SCORE”

BIBLE STUDIES, SHE ALMOST NEVER WENT
ALWAYS HAD BETTER THINGS TO DO
COULDN’T WAIT FOR SERVICE TO BE OVER
GET OUT FROM UNDER THE PASTOR’S VIEW

SHE WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO PORTRAY
THE PERSON SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A GODLY MATRIARCH OF HER CHURCH
ON SOMEONE YOU COULD SURELY DEPEND

SHE COULD REMEMBER PASTOR PREACHING
“YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN”
“WHEN THE RAPTURE HAPPENS YOU’RE STILL HERE
WHAT WILL YOU DO THEN?”

SHE KEPT PUTTING IT OFF UNTIL LATER
BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING TOO MUCH FUN
AND NOW THE RAPTURE HAS HAPPENED
HER ETERNAL DESTINY HAS JUST BEGUN

FOR HER PILOT WAS A CHRISTIAN
HE WAS GONE WHEN THE PLANE FELL
HER PROCRASTINATION HAS COST HER
AND HER REWARD IS NOW IN HELL!

Friday, June 24, 2022