oh-emm-gee

"you shall not take the name
of the lord, your god,
in vain,

for the lord will not hold him
guiltless who takes his name
in vain."
-exodus 20:7

apparently this is a pretty big sin 
to commit. 

i'm just trying to figure out
if it'll make god angry,
the next time i think something is ridiculous,
and reply with "oh my god".

i remember the first time i said it.
i did it on a dare, in the third grade.
man, i felt like a rebel that day.
and sure enough, a whole slew
of other naughty words closely followed.
to say "oh my god" was the gateway drug
for my pottymouth.

what about the next time i text an "omg"?
will that phrase be written in my
book of life and reiterated back to me
on judgment day.

or, maybe we're missing the point.

maybe god isn't offended at all.
maybe he looks down on our
messed up lives and situations,
throws his arms up in the air,
and declares, "oh my me!"