Idolatry

It blinds you to reality.
It clouds your clear vision.
It strips you of your freedom,
in exchange, to be imprisoned.
It preaches happiness
only to take, to strip.
It grabs you by the seams
and immediately begins to rip.
It can take a good
and turn it on its head
until it becomes
better off dead.
It can cover itself
under the guise of usefulness.
Its power to do this
renders you powerless
until you raise up
to scream in its face,
to set it so far back
you can take your rightful place,
yet the courage that it takes
to stand up and say
what must be spoken
must take place after you pray
for if you ask the only
God that can save you
to lead you away from sin
He will always bring you through.
It just takes that first
bit of courage, leap of faith
and our Father, the Lord of lords,
will carry you away.