Godly

I see you

I see the pictures of you

    smiling beautifully

    looking into the camera on your phone

You might be at home

    or at the park

    or shopping for groceries

You are squeezing your husband tight

Smiling

    that beautiful gleaming 

    white smile

Your children are beautiful

Happy

Laughing

Seeing the world in your eyes

Living that comfortable

suburban life

in a quiet neighborhood

with too many bored police

So Godly

So good

A saint by any other name

There's been a fly in your home

Your youth was a delight

You never had any doubt

    you would be a mother

It was all you ever wanted

You don't talk about politics

    but it's not for lack of interest

People wouldn't like who you support

They'd judge you

They would look down on you

They'd abhor the thought

    someone so good and kind

    could support such a man

Such a man

Godly

    isn't he

A strong man

A strong man standing up

    to speak for the common man

A strong man with simple words

    even a halfwit could understand

He's a good man

A good man

You're a good woman

A good mom

A good daughter

    even though your mother was a drunk

A good sister

A good friend

Godly

Goodly

You don't need to care 

    what anyone like me thinks of you

It doesn't matter to you

It doesn't change the happiness in your life

It doesn't matter what the mobs are doing

    what the mobs are thinking

    listening to such a good man

Such a Godly man

You let someone else's words speak for you

That your eyes are

OPEN

even though you're half blind

You're a good woman

A Godly woman

God loves you

He'll look after your family

The mobs will never be at your door

In your car

driving down the highway

waving the flag

honking the horn

letting the world know

you're a good woman

a Godly woman

and no one is going to convince you

otherwise