Shadowcat - Canasta

Jesus talks in red

To separate the things He said

Every night I read

And memorized the famous parts

Just before I’d go to bed

All the rest appeared in black

As the authors recalled

The best they could while looking back

So careful not to confuse

The difference between the two

Don’t speak for Him

He won’t speak for you

You can try, but you won’t pin this on me

You were broken before we came to be

Don’t you dare claim to know what He wants for you

You stopped by to talk

Suggesting that we take a walk

Then you delivered the news

The reasons that you gave amazed

I wished they’d heard the quotes you’d used

After all the time we spent

Dodging pressure to bend

How could this be heaven sent?

And the church we passed by

For three years I tried

But couldn’t bear to set foot inside

Ten years on

I think the anger’s finally gone

Since then I’ve learned

To separate the things He said

From all the phrases you have turned

Now it’s clear that we just weren’t meant to be

But not for reasons you gave me