"I'm Fine" & "Lies & Plans" from a YAM Event at Hope Chapel in Amelia, VA

This is me reading some poetry I wrote at an event that Hope Chapel hosted on June 21, 2014. The poems are too long to include in the video description, but they're linked below.
My apologies about the video being turned sideways halfway through; I don't think the person who took it realized that it would be sideways afterward. :)
I don't really write a lot of poetry, but there are times when inspiration strikes and the words flow from my heart like water from a spring. This first poem rose up in me after a worship service that I had participated in (I literally wrote this by speaking into my phone while driving home). Someone at church had told me that I did a good job, but it didn't really mean anything to me because there isn't any depth to the connection that I have with this person. This is in response to the church culture where we're pressured to be perfect, and it's called "I'm fine": It's Not Okay to Not Be Okay (text at link below):
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This next poem was written after an event similar to this one. I was aware of a situation involving someone who'd been hurt by religion, and while going into the church where the event would take place, the idea flirted across my mind, "Someone should write a poem about that." I dismissed it at the time, but as I was leaving (perhaps there was something inspirational about the parking lot?), the thought again occurred to me. So I went with it and wrote this when I got home (1) for the person who was hurt, (2) for the one "taught" them, and for (3) everyone else exposed to the same teaching. This is called Lies & Plans (text at link below):
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