They Simply Age

A young man tells his story

   About his failed engagement 

About how her parents hated him

   He says they took her phone

And told her to leave him alone

     He says that her parents wouldn’t let her go to work 

That there was no way they would work out

    They barely let her out of the house

   He says her dad is a pastor

And he got kicked out of the church

    They called him undateable 

And she eventually gave the ring back

   But didn’t block his number

So he would text her and call her

    Apparently unbothered

They never got back together

    He sounded like a crazy kid

He sounded undateable

   He sounded very hateable 

He sounded like he was capable of terrible things

    But at the end

He said he is fine

   Because Jesus sings

In his heart

    And 

I am terrified of the kid

     Christ isn’t always the answer

For some people

    Christ is the poison

It’s so strange to me

     To see and hear people do terrible things

But never face them

    Never confess them

Because they are so sure they’re on the righteous side of things

   Because Christ has already forgiven them for all of their sins

So they never look within

   They never change

They simply age.

-CH 11/30/25