'Be anxious for nothing..." ~Philippians 4:6

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

WEDNESDAY THOUGHTS: POETRY PROMPT


When you disregard the children

Live to make them terrified

Celebrate your wicked mandates 

See your cruelty multiplied 

When you misidentify them

Hate, because they’re not like you

Think you have the right to break them

Justify the wrong you do 


When you wage war against the children

Plot to harm, and bring them grief

For every grave you dig—dig one more

Their resting place is where you’ll be


When you think you’ve razed their landscape

Claimed for self, what wasn’t yours

Do you think you will rest easy?

There’s a remnant, and be sure

Your descent into sheer madness

Is a trip that’s your just due

You will never know contentment 

Your own thoughts have poisoned you


Who do you think you are, truly?

Where did you get so much nerve?

Why so entitled and unruly?

Soon, you’ll reap what you deserve 


How do you not know that your action

Only amplifies your foes

Guarantees subsequent conflict

And strife, even a fool knows


Grace, to you’s, been multiplied 

But will not chide—you should beware

A day of reckoning is looming 

And the children will be there 

You will never flee their faces

Their cries, ever in your ears

Providing background for the transcripts 

Fueling your guilt-ridden tears

Leaving you void of excuses

Demonstrating for all time

Selfish quests for power, all fail

Leaving destruction behind 





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