Baby in Your Face: A Poem

This poem is part of a series of poems I wrote last year where I let out my frustration and desire to bring other people to God. It's a sad thing to see people crushed by the weight of their lives, when you know Christ has the power to restore a person to who he/she was meant to be. When I converted to Christianity in 2016, I was burning with desire to help and give hope to everyone I knew. I quickly learned it's not that simple, and poetry helped me cope with that realization.

I saw a baby in your face

and wanted to love it

save it

from being smothered

in your layers

there wasn't much time

I clawed your eyes

wanting to scratch away

the gray weight

so it could see

I smoothed your creases

peeled back the skin

knowing that a red

screaming baby

lies within

you were so thick

I couldn't reach

so I tore through

muscle, fat, bone

reached inside

found it

sick and dying

your one hope

almost gone

I kissed him

held him

made him laugh

raised up the real you