I'll Take My Persecution Comfortable Please

I'll take my persecution comfortable please.

As long as it stays over there

It can happen; I don't care.

I'm quite happy to pray

As long as it doesn't come my way.

But if it has to be

Lord, here's how to do it for me:

Kill me quickly; Kill me dead

Why don't you shoot me in the head?

I have no drive

to be burned alive

Crucifixion's not my style

I think stake-burning rather vile

I really don't prefer

a prison inter –

Or burning, or starving

or freezing, or carving

Chopping or sawing

Animals gnawing

Stabbing, impaling

limbless and wailing

Drowning and pleading

dismembered and bleeding

De-toed or de-eyed

Ripped hair, or deep fried

Boiled, roasted, or seared –

How about just weird?

Please, just shoot me dead

or poison me instead.

Lord, I'm in the ring

but torture isn't my thing.

Converts killed in front of my face

living with mockery and disgrace

Watching my spouse and children

beaten, slaughtered, sold at auction

Raped, made slaves,

trained in evil ways

Disposable moms

future walking bombs

This isn't what I signed up for

when I accepted you as Lord

Oh Lord – One small exception I'll make.

Some short prison sentence I'll take.

I need to do some writing anyway

so that they'll remember me someday.

Then – Kill me quickly; kill me dead.

Why don't you shoot me in the head?

I'll take my persecution comfortable please.

Say friend,

How much do you love Jesus?

© 2009 David W. Lorimer