Pantuom draft
Fall 2018
I went to learn
To speak spanish
And help others
Rebuild their lives.
To speak spanish,
I bonded with strangers
Rebuilding their lives
Wondering about god.
I bonded with strangers
Who lived with nothing
Wondering how God
Could leave them so broken.
They lived with nothing
Yet 12 white teens spoke
And left them so broken,
Our lives so perfect.
White teens spoke
In condescending tone
Our lives too perfect
To understand their woes.
In condescending tone,
We didn’t help. we forced religion
Not acknowledging their woes.
We went home feeling proud
We could have helped, but we forced religion.
A religion we weren’t old enough to know for sure.
We went home feeling proud
And judged those who didn’t
A religion we weren’t old enough to know for sure
Lead us to praise those who praised Jesus
And judge those who didn’t
No room for nonbelievers.
My best friend was jewish
Her family didn’t praise Jesus.
The leaders told me
No room for nonbelievers.
She’s going to hell,
Your best friend whose jewish.
Convert her or you will too,
The leaders told me.
A man dressed as a woman!
She’s going to hell!
It’s your duty to help her
Fix her or you will too.
What’s wrong, I think, with
A man dressed as a woman?
It’s my duty to respect her
And
