Poem: I Ain't No Jesus

I ain’t no Jesus

But, I would like to be

I never wanted to be a nun

Much less a priest

I didn’t want to grow up to be a saint

like my sisters did

I didn’t like going to church when I was young

And going again is not in my plans

And still, I don’t want to read any holy books

Or travel to any holy lands

But I just want to BE Jesus. Or Jesus-ish.

I want to have Jesus eyes

I want to do the Jesus walk

I want to have Jesus hands

And think the Jesus thoughts

But if you ask my friends

They’ll tell you

For sure that

I ain’t no Jesus

But, I want to be

About the poem:

This is a poem from my book “With Open Arms: Poetry for Big Love and Real Life” on Amazon.com. I hope to perform it tonight at La Vita Bella’s poetry open mic!

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