A poem I wrote today...

I held my "choose life" sign so very high,
And I was really quite happy to note
That my Truly Christian friends and I
Always gave a Republican our votes

I stuck a pro-life sticker on my car
Right by my Jesus fish is where it stayed
I always frowned to show I disapproved
Of those who fought to uphold Roe v. Wade

But then, I died, and I was taken up
And I was sorely shocked that day to see
That Peter, standing by the Pearly Gates
Looked down, disappointed with me.

"St. Peter, please, what did I do,
To make you frown that way,
All my life I went to church
Always sang the songs, and always, always prayed"

"My child, I have to tell you this,
And I'm afraid it's going to sting
The Lord wanted an abortion
And you did not do a thing."

"How could that be?" I asked him, in a shock
My thoughts were all in quite the whirl.
"Jesus walked by you one cold night,
In the form of a teenage girl".

"Five months pregnant, hungry, tired.
She had nowhere to go from there
Her parents had kicked her out
She could not have been more scared"

"She told you this, as you both waited,
For the bus to come that night
You did not do a thing for her,
You went on about your life"

"You could have given her a meal
The number to a place to stay awhile.
You could have shared God's love with her,
And you could have adopted her child."

"Not knowing what else she could do
By abortion, she brought the child's life to an end.
She didn't know any better,
So the blood is on your hands."

"How can that be?!" I shouted,
Really quite irate
"She's the one who had the abortion,
She brought about the baby's fate."

"And I always voted pro-life, Peter!
I can't think of a better way to show
My commitment to God, and giving free hand-outs
Always seemed so socialist, you know?"

"My child, socialists we have here in heaven,
And a few more, we could afford
The thing we can't accommodate
Are those who do not serve the Lord."