Not white like me
Jesus isn’t white like me,
he’s not the colour of white oppression
he is black and beautiful
even though we lynched him
and left him hanging on a tree.
The colour of Jesus
is the indigenous woman
brown and beautiful
found raped and murdered
by the side of the road.
There is the white Jesus smiling
from a thousand stain glass windows
on our forefathers who beat their slaves
and on us who beat down anyone
who defies our Jesus who is white.
But this Jesus of stain class windows
Pane by pane is crashing down
As do all the false messiahs
Half truths, shards of broken glass.
Where is Jesus to be found?
Among the oppressed hidden. Listen.
Live the words he is saying.
Pray the lament he is praying
Share the breath and dignity
of the hurting people he sustains.
Breathe deeply to feel
his liberty
his justice, mercy
and peace.
January 17, 2019 inspired by James Cone's 'Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody'
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