Resignation from the People-Pleaser Olympics

I hereby submit

My withdrawal

From the People Pleaser Olympics

I don’t recall

Registering

Yet here I am

Want me to jump?

How high?

I’ve bent over backwards

Gone the extra mile

A contortionist running

A biathlon

Just to keep the peace

The rules always change

Erasing a line

I said, “Do not cross”

Until I’m backed up

To the edge of a cliff

Forced into a diving event

I’ve been pulling out

Of this race

Bit by bit

Take me off the team

Tolerating bigotry

Was not on my agenda

There is no peace to keep

With those who devalue

Humans made Imago Dei

I’m also not competing

To be less, to mince words

To see how long I can 

Keep my mouth shut

Before the pressure builds

Disqualifying me, anyway

Integrity matters

It’s 1936 Berlin

I won’t play this game