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| A Deaf Ear Warned |
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i watch them everyday push ever faster toward their death. i struggle everyday to hold still and fast to the quiet of life. i watch them everyday dance like moths ever closer to the flame. i struggle everyday to keep my eye on you as i step from this boat. i watch them everyday build their tower ever higher. i struggle everyday to roll from my rest and put my back to finishing this ark, and they point and laugh, or wag a deaf ear warned. i watch them everyday stoke the flames ever higher under this culture of death, and i struggle everyday with a gluttonous pride that leads me to write verse such as this and throw aside, the Love You’ve shown me - that made You throw wide the Gates of Heaven, abandoned, to run and be by their side. Cause You can change the hearts of those who don’t know, like Saul out for a ride. But what can You do with hearts like mine, who have taken an oath to serve ... But have lied? |
This poem is © copyright by mark macdonald
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