The Systems of Man // Poem

 For are these the systems of man? 

A government that has done more to 

Cry out the lord’s name to proclaim,

The governed people and nation “Christian,”

Are these the same systems in which the 

Patriarchy draws its power, the very thing 

[power] that feeds into the paternity, 

A hunger that has torn, A woman’s body

Of its dignity, which has disgraced her right to

Rest in peace—

For a pregnancy was far greater than the life 

of a mother 

For are these the systems of man? 

That we use religion to “cloak” our 

Condemnation of others when we ourselves 

Have a plank in our eye and fail to hold,

Our own house {accountable], Is this the 

System of man that we find trouble in a kid, 

Changing gender so they can find comfort in the 

Correct body, the system of man that is failing. 

To care for the least of those, for 

Our eyes are obscured to reality by 

our own 

Sins that we have fallen asleep in the 

Hands of a grinning demon, for we may 

Not be home but [someone] else is

For why has the [home] fallen dark 

All but the one candle in the window 

Where [living room] we spend our time 

For no one is truly home. 

Or is this a dream? And will we ever wake 

Up to the thing that is holding your 

Front door open with [crooking smile] 

A smile so {warm] that we ignore the door 

That is ajar from its hinges, and the 

“Welcome” sign  has the word [welcome] 

Crossed out 

You take a seat at the [table] but it's no 

Longer home, its a place they call {school] 

Where students are [taught] to silence themselves 

When an adult speaks, and to {think} of questions 

They pose throughout the day, 

Are these the [systems] of man? They had 

Years to {[fix]} the systems they now will 

Entrust us with, the pain, the burden, the 

Unlivable [economy] that of {[Generations 

Past]}

[Are these the systems] of [man]{?} 

That wear robes of ({white]) but hide 

Their curseth breath under the blood of 

Christ, They preach {[([love])} while 

Condemning the ones outside their own home, 

The home the body of the almighty,  

For shouldn’t the church that is built by [St 

Peter] be {<open to all?>} yet not everyone 

Is at table of {communion}] where the 

Father sits

{For are Christians really {[following]} close 

behind} 

For these are the [systems of man} 

Unmasked, unclean, and covered in 

A false sense of {[truth]}, 

Built on lies, and weaponization of 

The seen and the unseen, built against:

The Blind,

The Hungry,

The Sick, 

The Imprisoned, 

The Unhoused, 

against The Abused, 

The Raped, 

The Young, 

The Elderly, 

The Educators, 

The Refugee, 

The Marginlized, 

The Immigrants, 

The Insane, 

The Drug User, 

The Disabled, 

The Orphan, 

The Juvenile,  

The Gunned Down Kids, 

The Surviours, 

The Widow, 

The Starving Children that are

Down on their luck you see,  

The Single Moms & Dads, 

The Kids that grew up to early, 

How DARE WE forget those 

Behind us ({[<These are the systems of man>]})