The pastor sent a screed
from the Church hierarchy:
“Leading Hymnsters Astray”
about people who sing off key.
Humility, the cop on my beat,
knocked me off my feet.
There I knelt, the object of complaint;
silenced by the church and penitent.
Now that I am belittled
I hope God will settle
for well-meaning intention
instead of full-throated attention.
But, who are they to silence me
in their talented grandiosity?
This is the voice God gave me
and I lift it in all its mediocrity.
Leading Hymnsters Astray