Unraptured Poem by Lubinda Lubinda

HOW COULD IT BE?
that I had been left unraptured?
but then again!
the basis of my theology
was based on nothing but lies
I was one of those 'lukewarm christians' living in disguise
playing church on sunday,
but living like the devil
monday to friday
but hey, hey, HEY!
before you judge me,
you should know
that I kept the sabbath!
AND SHOULDN'T THAT COUNT FOR SOMETHING?

Like many of my peers
I was drinking all sorts of beers
simply because I could pick and pay for them!
mixing and matching them
like a chemist
even the ones with no name!
I was looking for the next
greatest high
but, I couldn't see
the face of The Most High!
He said: we are called
to be the temple of God
but I was too busy
buying castle lagars
for the world!
often times too stoned
to realize that the stone
that the builder rejects
turns out to be the most important one of them all!

I was so sure
of my salvation
that I ignorantly
misquoted
the scripture;
'upon this Martin on the rocks
i shall build my church
and the gates of hell
will not prevail against it!

Its pathetic how I thought
i'd have all the time in the world
to repent!
Because every other sunday
our pastor would
remind us
of the nearness of the Bridegroom's return!
and ask us to repent
it became like a routine
to me that I began to doubt whether Christ was ever coming back!

Often times I would
sit in church almost dozing
listening to the pastor preach
he'd read a portion of scripture which stated;
'one day the grave
shall be rolled over,
and the dead in Christ
shall rise first,
and then we who are alive,
shall be caught up in the air
to meet the Lord'

It sounded so unrealistic
that I hissed it away
like the serpent
as I began to question
the bible!
and I eventually
left the church
because I couldn't handle
all the talk about a saviour
who might or might never
come back!

Two years and three months later
while having lunch with a friend
he just mysteriously vanished,
dissappeared right in front of me
he seemed to have been vapopurized or something
but, his clothes and accessories
were left lyinging on his seat
he left me second guessing
what on earth could have happened to him?

I tried in vain to look for him,
but i never found him!
two minutes later, I recieved
a call from a friend
and he asked me
if I had seen the report on CNN
'apparently thousands
worldwide were reported
missing in unexplained
circumstances! '
police and scientists were still investigating
whether this was indeed
a mass alien abduction!

Violence soon broke out in the streets
and nutorious gangs rose to power
most goverments had been toppled
because the police force
had been weakened
by the incident
there were also open riots
in the streets of angry mobs
who wanted to know
what happened
to their relatives

The UN called this a yet another global emergency
that was to be treated
with the uttermost urgency
and the international community
was to convene for a meeting
with the remaining heads of states
to forge a way forward
for the world

From the meeting
it was decided
that a new identification
system was to be established
and made mandatory
everyone was to recieve
a number in their right hand
which was to identify them
no one was allowed
to buy or sell without it
let alone recieve any
humanitarian aid!

Totalitarian governments
were set up in most nations
and dictators soon rose to power
in attempt to enforce the new identification system
and ensure the distribution
of national resources
it was later stated
that all those who didn't receive the new identification system were to be killed!

Its funny how you quickly
realize that a key to a mans
heart is through his stomach
when food starts to be rationed
and controlled by the state
and you haven't eaten
in three days

In attempt to go out
in search of a meal
i was stopped
and arrested by some law enforcers who asked me
why i was not have
the new id
just as i was about to be
arrested and taken in to
a nearby slaughter house,
I woke up in in the church
only to find the preacher concluding his sermon
saying:

'one day a pastor will utter
his very last call to the alter
and he would ask people
to repent before it was too late!
So if the Lord has convicted you
come forth and receive salvation'

terrified by what I had seen
in my dream
I quickly rushed to the alter
and asked God to forgive me!