SCHOOL PRAYER

SCHOOL PRAYER

Now I sit me down in school, where praying is against the rule

For this great nation under God finds his name very odd

If scripture now the class recites it violates the Bill of Rights

And anytime my head I bow; becomes a Federal matter now

Our hair can be purple, orange or green, that's no offense; it's a Freedoms scene

The Law is specific, the Law is precise, prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice

For Praying in public hall, might offend someone with no faith at all

In silence alone we must meditate, God's name is prohibit by the state

We're allowed to cuss & dress like freaks, pierce our tongues & cheeks

They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible, to quote the good book make me liable

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen & the "unwed" Daddy our Senior King

It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong. We're taught such "judgments" do not belong

We can get our condoms & birth controls, study witchcraft, vampires, totem poles

But the Ten Commandments are not allowed, No word of God must reach the crowd

It's scary here I must confess, when chaos reins the school's a mess

So Lord this silent plea I make: should I be shot, my soul please take.

This poem was written by a teen student in Bagdad, Arizona