They Pray

Prayers

made

...

they walk
clutching onto
holier than thou faiths
while crosses lay displaced
in wicker baskets placed
on nightstands
hand on bibles
swearing blessed water
will cast the demons
into premature caskets

I've always
been
a
sinner

so why not
become the anti-christ
live my life by my own twisted rules
claiming I'm Christ like
yet Christ was unlike me
still reciting scriptures
w/ split tongues
spiting positives like
double negatives
canceling out the correct word

& even though
I know I'm wrong

I still cast stones
hurling boulders
through glass houses
shattering
ill conceived realities
really not real
just artificially enhanced
to suit one's liking
still suffering
from self inflicted rug burns

haters
always
have to
pray

harder...
--archaic.bliss