I put the kingdom first! Now look what happened...

by Julia Orwell 27 Replies latest social entertainment

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  Julia Orwell

  I Put the Kingdom First - By Sheree Stokell

  I put the kingdom first

  So they dunked me in a pool

  Armageddon would be here soon

  So I dropped out of school.

  I put the kingdom first

  Served where the need is great

  Married at 18 to the first boy

  Who took me on a date.

  I put the kingdom first;

  The boy was a pioneer

  But after the wedding day

  I was only worth his sneer.

  I put the kingdom first

  And never made a sound

  I kept up wifely submission

  While he slapped me around.

  I put the kingdom first

  Went to assemblies ill

  But even a nervous breakdown

  Couldn’t keep me still.

  I put the kingdom first

  I raised my children well

  When they hollered at the hall

  I smacked them both to hell.

  I put the kingdom first

  And never had a job

  My husband cheated and then left

  Me without even two bob.

  I put the kingdom first

  Not my daughter or son

  They’ve left and gone their way

  And them I have to shun.

  I put the kingdom first

  Pioneered in pained old age

  But soon the end will come!

  And Jehovah will pay my wage.

  I put the kingdom first

  Now I cannot use my feet

  They trundle me out once a year

  But I never get a greet.

  I’m a Jehovah’s Witness

  Who put the kingdom first

  It’s been tough and life’s been hard;

  Now I’m in a hearse.
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  Muddy Waters

  Powerful. Sad. And true. :(
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  MissFit

  Okay, now I'm totally depressed. That could be referring to my mom. Except for the hearse part. She's not quite there yet.

  Can you find a poem about being free?
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  Julia Orwell

  I wrote that sad one. I'll have to write a free one. One like how a little flower opens up and receives the sun for the first time. Or how the frog climbs out of her well and raises her tadpoles in freedom. Or an ugly little bird who escapes his cage and then his feathers grow back beautiful and he can fly all over the world. I will try to be inspired to write something more happy :)
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  MissFit

  I like those images. Thank you.

  I could feel your pain through your poem.

  It made my heart hurt.

  I thought of my mom alone, alienated from most of her family, still clinging to the hope of paradise. Of the new order fixing everything.

  How she secretly hopes my non jw sisters will maybe die before the big A so she can straighten everything out in paradise.

  Her plan b is to adopt some motherless child in paradise and start over.*sigh*

  So depressing.
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  Julia Orwell

  She sounds like a nice lady who's been caught up in something too powerful for her. She's a prisoner. I really hope she wakes up.
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  stuckinarut2

  Wow!

  How true!

  So many lives ruined by the organization....

  That is called "bloodguilt" isnt it!?
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  Dis-Member

  Maybe that should read: "I Put the Organisation First".

  Very sad though..
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  MissFit

  Julia, she's 87 years old. If she wakes up it will be on her death bed. She converted when She was in her 30s. The "Truth" is all she has left. None her kids except me will talk to her.

  Thanks for that poem. You summed up a JWs life eloquently.

  Miss.Fit
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  mgmelkat

  Very powerful and well written!!!!