I See You (Witnessing Testimonies)
I see you on my timeline
And I don’t know what to say
I see your statuses
Talking disrespectful everyday
Your pictures are provocative
Your attitude is something else
It seems like you’re lost
Like you don’t have a sense of self
I’ve watched you since the day we met
You’ve gone from an innocent young woman
To someone who parties nightly
And drinks more spirits
Than the heavenly father has in heaven
I want to say something
But I don’t feel like it’s my place to say anything
I don’t want to come off as judging or preachy
Because I know I’m no angel
So I scroll to the next person’s online notification...
I see you man, always being positive
But in person you always experiencing the negatives
You have “4.0” written all over your brain
But when you take exams
Your mind races like a train
I know it’s been hard for you to ask for help
You take all of the weight of the world on your self
I hate to tell you to seek something like counseling from your pastor
You just blow up when everything goes wrong
Maybe it’s time to pray to thee Master
But maybe the struggle is deeper than that
Maybe, just maybe, there’s an illness acting
I don’t want to offend you with this suggestion
You just repeat the same mistakes
As if you’ve never learned your lesson
But I’ll keep you in my mind
And pray that your heart is healed
You talk to yourself daily
But to God, you need to be revealed
Onto the next, scrolling with my click wheel...
I see you single mother
Taking care of your daughter
I know it’s hard to raise a woman
Who doesn’t know the love of her father
But maybe you could teach her the love
Of the Holy Father
With bills to pay and mouths to feed
You ask, “Why even bother?”
There's no sense in all of this
Especially when raising you in your little girl
I ain't got no kids, so I can't even imagine
I know you love her as if she's your sole passion
No matter what, you want your own to be clean
Washed away from the cruelties of the world
The more I think about it, the more I agree
But that's enough for me, too much timeline on this screen.