Where Were You? Poem by Em Jay Christian

Where Were You?



Where were you...

When I was young, and all alone,
When I was scared, and hurt, and angry,
Up late sitting by the phone.

And when my brother came to earth,
Where was that 'justice' your so famous for?
Tell me,
Or can you not be sure?
Have you no answers?
How is it fair that he is so innocent,
That he never got the choice,
Never got a chance,
He never asked for this...
He never had a voice,
He never had a say.
This changed everyone's life,
Where was the vote?
The council who chose this?
Where was I?

Where were you?

And were you too busy,
Those nights I screamed for peace?
And justice in my life,
I just wanted the pain to cease,
For just one day,
For just once night.

And those stupid little poems,
And those scriptures that we see,
Well I'm looking at the footprints,
Tell me, when did you 'carry me? '

And all those times I prayed,
There was no answer,
There was no way to know.
And I was devout,
And thats for DAMN sure,
So, where did all my prayers go?

And lets face some facts,
I'm not lost, without you,
You werent there, so I waited,
But I'm not waiting anymore,
I found my peace,
I just want to know,
Beyond doubt,
Beyond 'Faith, '
(Which translates to believing something for no reason)
Where were you?

So if your listening (which would be a first)
I hope this hurts,
Because nothing, I repeat, NOTHING, hurt more,
Than waiting for you,
Crying alone in my room,
Screaming,
Being devout,
Being pure,
And loving,
And honest,
And SURE...
And believing in you, FOR NO REASON,
Yes, having faith.
No, nothing hurt more, than never feeling anything in return.
Never feeling that magical sensation that 'every christian' feels,
The supposed Miracle of not being alone in an empty room.

So when my life was in ruins,
And my safety net was falling through.
I have only one question for you 'God, '
Tell me, Where The Hell Were You?

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