Funny How People Are

Funny how people are

They talk with force yet live in fear

They laugh in public yet cry private tears

They ask for truth yet avoid the light

They teach abundance yet hold on tight

Funny how people are

They walk with confidence yet are deceivingly unsure

They offer weak opinions yet hoping others concur

They care when others are watching yet their love is calculating

They are addicted to admiration yet their self-esteem is fleeting

“He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.” 

George Orwell

Funny how people are

They say let’s change the world yet are frozen in comfort

They lecture struggle yet their efforts fall short

They read the statistics yet their hearts stay cold

They see the pictures yet their habits remain old

Funny how people are

They make people feel good yet it’s not what they need

They agree to aid yet vanity wins over deed

They convince their peers yet fool themselves

They betray their minds yet deceive no one else

“A mask can hide you from others, but not from yourself.” 

Marty Rubin

Funny how I am

I create caste-systems of wrongdoing, while self-pride rules

I ignore my own deception while pointing out fools

While judging other people, my eyes lose sight

My transgressions are unfathomable and my sin dark as night

Funny how I am

My plank is seemingly invisible, their speck obvious and huge

Hypocrisy has become my identity, my ignorance my refuge

I love mercy for me and judgment for their evil times

I want revenge for my enemies and acquittal for my crimes

“The fierce words of Jesus addressed to the Pharisees of His day stretch across the bands of time. Today they are directed, not only to fallen televangelists, but to each of us. We miss Jesus’ point entirely when we use His words as weapons against others. They are to be taken personally by each of us. This is the form and shape of Christian Pharisee-ism in our time. Hypocrisy is not the prerogative of people in high places. The most impoverished among us is capable of it. Hypocrisy is the natural expression of  what is meanest in us all.” 

Brennan Manning