Judas

Judas spoke his side of the story About the betrayal and the crucifixion of Christ Judas though wasn’t seeking praise and glory What he did for us, was his great sacrifice, He wanted to be remembered as a brave man Who had stood up to a cult and its appointed king He was a hero who was once was a fisherman If we heard that story about Judas would we sing; Judas did not betray Jesus just for silver and gold He cared not for the money so he threw it all away He did what he did as his intentions could not be sold He betrayed a tyrant so in thanks should we pray. If Judas had spoken his side of the story And we never listened to the second side as well Shouldn’t the truth be judged and statutory One person might call it heaven and then another hell, Should we care who shed the most tears Or about the rumors that we all had heard We all could easily be sidetracked by lies or fears Shouldn’t we listen to the truth and the truth is the word, The one who sheds the most tears should not get our pity And the one always attacked should not be the guilty Let them think about themselves are they witty Then we can judge the innocent and call them filthy What if we believed Judas’s side of the story And that is how all people would be judged What if that notion and thought was mandatory Then some truths of theirs would be lost or fudged, Would we listen to the people who are always wrong Would they always be truthful and always heard first The one with the sadder story would be the strong And the one speaking the truth would be the cursed, Judas had spoken his side of the story Jesus couldn’t as he was crucified and then he died Fabrication and pity was Judas’s category Judas had betrayed Christ, and then he cried. Randy L. McClave