poem for St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist Matthew 9:9-13

Called from a life despised

A life in this world

Not of religious training

But

As part of the system

That continues all the evil within us

The quest once again for power

Just one more piece of that fruit

Offered to all from Eve

To you and I

Called now to a different life

Called to be at the center

Of a revolution

To be at the center

Of bringing new life to all

Being at the center

Of religious training

Free from all the bounds of this world

And the systems

That draw us one against another

Called to follow Jesus

Despised by many for this call

And there reap the anger

Of a world challenged

A world brought screaming and screeching to new life

Baptized in the waters of forgiveness

That challenges us all

To be

A new creation