FROM P (people) TO POG (people of God)

I try to give you the benefit of the doubt 

But, more times than often, you fail me

You are so fickle 

One day you're crowing and beaming in my face

Then the next day you pierce my heart 
With the striking hatred that gorges yours

For nearly 25 years, I have been blinded by your darkness

But as my eyes finally open wide 
And I witness the light shinning upon you

I, for the first time in my life, begin to see your true colors; 

I now behold the pigmentation that makes up who you really are

Presently, I am baffled

And left with a head full of bothersome questions like:

Are you and I friends?

Should I separate myself from you?

Can I live my life without you?

How must I deal with you? 

I am still afflicted by the fact that I have allowed myself
To be induced by you for so long

What on earth was I thinking?

Or was I even thinking at all?

I can't believe how fast season's change

Yesterday, I looked at you and I saw my best of friends

Today, your image disgusts me

I vomit at the very idea of me ever degrading myself again
By associating with such filth

You are sick and downright evil

I am so grateful to God for delivering me from you

I cannot live life without you

But surely, I don't have to live life like you

We may all be created in His image and in his likeness

But because you caused me to sin
I cut you off and casted you away from me

I couldn't operate righteously being chained

Linked to unbelievers and worshipers of the devil

For God I live and for God I'll die

I will no longer be threatened 
Nor will I hang among the wrath of the wicked

I admit, it was hard for me to let you go 
Because I didn't want to be alone

But I am not alone nor was I ever lonesome 

When you pull the dead leaves out of the soil
The pot may look empty for a while

But as the sun continues to shine
Something new and better will come up
Again I have arisen from the dirt
But this time, I'm surrounded by pogs 
From a much richer soil

And I couldn't possibly feel any better

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