Jesus Is Not In Heaven Poem by Okoemu Okoemu Okoemu

Seeing him, John recognised him and pointed him out
Now where is Jesus Christ?
Not somewhere in the sky
Not behind the moon or sun
In you!
In that your friend who needs a job
In that your neighbour who needs to graduate
That young boy or girl whose destiny is only yours to decide
That hungry child
That neighbour who doesn't have clothes to wear
That children who did not resume school not because he doesn't want to but because he has not means to resume.
That one who is stranded
Who lack and in need
In them, not anywhere
Jesus Christ is
There is no one Jesus
There are Jesuses in every soul and being
Jesus is not in church
He is in you
He is in that sufferer
That sick and agonizing
That stranger and that orphan, that widow.
Jesus is that prisoner you have refused to love
That sick you have despise because of the sickness
Jesus is that accident victim you left on the road to die because you were in a hurry or just too important to be a good Samaritan
Jesus is that son of a nobody who has no Senator to recommend him for that job he needed so much
Jesus is that dull child in your class whom you have abandoned because he is slow to learning
Jesus is that wayward child in your neighbourhood that you have refused to correct or teach right instead you chased your children away from him for they are Saints and he is the devil
Jesus is that girl whom you raped because you feel she cannot fight for herself
Jesus is that poor harwker in the street whom you splash stagnant water on and ridiculed
Jesus is that buyer you cheated because he isn't your mother's son
Jesus is these people
Jesus is not in Jerusalem nor is he in Rome
He is right under your nose
Jesus is that man you have denied justice, freedom and mercy and love.

-Okoemu Okoemu Okoemu, Son of Man-S.O.M