Is the Door Open?

Is the door open?

Can I get through?

Will you help me?

Or leave me here?

I need a wee push

As there is a stop here

How can I get in?

If you put obstacles in the way?

Is this for everyone?

Is it accessible to all?

If so why no spaces for me

Why do I have to sit at the back?

That is another obstacle for me

As I cannot hear you speak

Or read what is on the screen

Because I am at the back

Is this a friendly place?

Will people speak to me?

Because so far I have been ignored

People just stare then walk away

Is this not a place for everyone?

A place to be accepted by all

To be loved no matter what

To be seen as an equal

If so, then I haven’t seen it

I do not believe that this is the way

That Jesus would have been

Distant and uncaring

No, he would have been with the lowest

The ones who are in need of help

Those who are marginalized

And those who are forgotten

Is this not how you should be?

Why so many obstacles to prevent me

Being able to feel a part of the church

And feel loves like Jesus loves

Jo Anne Kennedy

December 2019