Guest Post: This Isn’t The Second Coming—You Have to Learn to Cope

Guest Post by Emily Roberts

Photo by Noel Wan on Unsplash

The second coming isn’t nigh—

you have to learn to cope.

Jesus isn’t here to feed the masses—

you have to learn to help.

Yes, the world is heavy—dark, and dry,

but you still owe that world a debt:

for years, you waited out the pouring rain

while your brothers were soaking wet.

You may think a taste of third-world ways

is somehow the Savior’s cue…

The end of the world is not end of the world

just because now it’s happening to you.

The second coming is your idol—

your excuse for an ever-blind eye.

A way to deny the power you have

to instead, lay down and die.

The rape of the world still rages on

as it has nine times before,

They always say this is the final blow…

then we all go on once more.

Jesus sees us in our complacency—

He can see all we have yet to give.

until he descends in his cloak of red,

it’s time to lobby, march, and live!

Emily Roberts is a writer, linguist, florist, wife, and mother to her eighteen-month-old daughter. She is a graduate of BYU in Journalism with minors in Middle Eastern Studies, Creative Writing, and Ballroom Dance. Her mission in the both the world and the church is to bring about inclusion, welcome diversity, advocate for gender equality, and be a very, very loud voice.