False Messiahs
Messages they send out to the world in bottles
(those they think up as they stir their morning cups of chocolate)
—beware their dangers.
These messengers have hands that can slap you awake,
then abandon you as they return to the problems of the privileged rich.
These parasites, dosed with their vitamin B,
ride roughshod over their hosts.
They linger in their beautiful dreams of percentages,
profit on the hunger of the poor.
They see not your skeletons when they look in the mirror.
They do not see the hearts they have broken.
Once, surrounded by the stricken, they put their fingers in their ears
and pretended they were evangelists to the poor.
Then, their illusions shattered by going door-to-door,
they slammed doors shut again.
Their messages in bottles are swift to flow away.
The ocean has no doors to slam in their faces.
And their heads bent in prayer will not open those doors they have closed.
The ballast their bottles carry does no good.
The hunger of the world has no stake in the good books they carry.
The mood of their verses is malevolent. The vows they swear
are words in a wind that has come too late.
For My Vivid Blog the prompt is imposter. Image by Robert Koorenny on Unsplash.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
The poem is great Judy but the photo used looks like it is one of the very few churches that is broad minded with very little bigotry that I know of, and looks upon the earth in a friendly way. Unity opens its doors to everyone not asking what color, creed, sexual preference, etc you are. It also is the Church who gave us a meeting place with “The Master Naturalist” and The “Natural Gardener”, that I belong to, which is their way or promoting some of natures friends.
I am not throwing rocks at your posting, I am plugging one of the very few Churches that is freely open to everyone, no questions asked~!
SAM
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Okay, look at the illustration now, Sam. I didn’t even know there was a Unity church and was certainly not meaning to take digs at it. I was talking about charlatans who exploit religions for their own pocketbooks or those that destroyed entire civilizations through their proselytizing. Why is it so important that we call our beliefs by the same name? We should be trying to do the right thing, not to take down someone else for not professing to believe as we do.
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JUDY, I know that you and I think almost exactly alike, but in this case I just had to say something because I felt that it may be misconstrued. You know that I am a Unitarian in my “faith” and the Unity church while not as broad minded as the Unitarian is more based on REAL “Christian” values. They both are completely the opposite of what your poem is about. By the way my sister “Tee”, the mother of my kin down in your area, was a “Unity Minister” and she and I thought a lot alike~!
Please forgive me if I offended you.
SAM
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No, I was not in the least offended, Sam. It was just additional info I needed to know. I was seeing the “Unity” and “Truth” ironically. Especially because they had question marks after them. I intended no link to the Unitarian Church or any other specific church. The fact that money was being exchanged was a perfect example of what the poem is talking about.
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Oops.. looks like my reply isn’t attached to this one. Look up higher, perhaps…JK
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Strong words there.
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Imposters indeed.
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Very powerful image.
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