To a former family member...

Confession

To my former family member
Here’s my last communiqué
We have reached the big December
No more talk in any way

I once loved you so intensely
But you broke the cardinal rule
You have sinned oh so immensely
You’ve become the Devil’s tool

I could take it if you lied
Wouldn’t much mind if you stole
As long as you had cried
They’d just put you on parole

Bloody stabbing is acquitted
Sex with kids is just uncouth
The grave sin you have committed
Is you say, “It’s not The Truth”

And so I will ignore you
I’m giving you the boot
From now on I will abhor you
Forever standing mute

I hope that this will hurt you
Slicing right down to your core
I want for this to crush you
So you’ll agree once more

I’m told that I should “hate” you
You’re a foe of God above
I wish that this deflates you
But I do it out of “love”

No natural affection
But please always remember
It’s just punitive correction
From a former family member

-Confession

Fatfreek

Extremely well done , Confession.

Fats

Gopher

It seems like our JW family members say this by all their actions.

It is SO much against human nature to shun ones whom we 'love'. My JW parents apply Watchtower rules by shunning me, a former member of the faith in which they raised me. I don't know if they really want to hurt me. I think they're afraid of losing their "hope of everlasting life".

The fear outweighs the love. It's sad. (Doesn't the Bible say "love that is perfect throws fear to the outside"?)

This past autumn, my grandmother died. My parents acted normal for one day, the day of the funeral. I got to talk to them about several different things, not religion (until the end of the day when Dad made one last pitch for me to come back to "Jehovah").

The very next day, I was an outcast again. And so it will be for the few remaining years of their life.

Gopher

Another thought .. this last stanza of your poem was so well stated:

No natural affection
But please always remember
It’s just punitive correction
From a former family member

What else can we expect from people following self-righteous religious leaders? JW's make it their business to go around trying to "correct" people's viewpoints on the Bible and religion in their ministry. JW's even make it their business to "correct" others on the inside of their group who do not practice the religion according to what they determine to be righteous standards.

So it is not at all inconsistent that they feel the need to impose "correction" upon family members who merely disagree with their beliefs or practices.

fullofdoubtnow

I’m told that I should “hate” you
You’re a foe of God above
I wish that this deflates you
But I do it out of “love”

That sums up how they, and we, were taught to regard shunning, to see a spiteful act as loving.

Excellent Confession, thankyou

reneeisorym

Bloody stabbing is acquitted
Sex with kids is just uncouth
The grave sin you have committed
Is you say, “It’s not The Truth”

You hit the nail on the head with that one.

Outaservice

Nice Confession! Did I ever send you the Poem I wrote to my daughter?

Outaservice

Confession

Don't remember, Outaservice. Do post or forward.

luna2

I just found this, Confession. Excellent!

Confession

Glad you liked it, Luna. The disfellowshipping policy of the WTS is so outlandish--so draconian. Sometimes speaking (or writing) to the logical, left brain is unsatisfying to me. I find a poke at the intuitive, right brain a little more fulfilling at times.

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