The Coming

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  13enlane

  Wow. A stern warning to those who ignore the will of the Lord, and a reminder to His believers to keep an eye single to His glory. These lyrics get better every time I read them, as every time I read them I seem to understand them more, and then, in addition to that, a song starts to form in my head, which only adds to the greatness of the prose. Mixed with your singing talent, it's sure to be great success. I do feel obligated to ask for clarification: The line about moving 'onward' and also 'kings fornication', seems to me a juxtaposition of terms, and I'm having trouble reconciling them, as fornication is a sin, and therefore seemingly a 'step back'. Another line that leaves me desirous is in reference to 'yielding and die', which I presume is in reference to Christ, but I wonder if you might include somewhere in your prose about how 'he comes back alive through our faith'? I think you did in some degree through your mention of 'behold upon the sky a wonder with thy waking eye', as it leads me to imagine 'the heavens', and I love the use of 'waking eye' to not only to mean just 'seeing' with our eyes', but really with our whole beings, our souls, through our faith, WAKING eye, like we are always JUST opening our eyes to the truth. My point in driving home the importance of his (Christs) being ALIVE is that I think it's important to have the balance between the beautiful creation, and the awful destruction, that awaits us in the life to come depending on our faith. At first read, it seems the poem leads more towards illuminating the destruction that awaits, but upon reflection maybe this is intended for an audience that already knows and believes upon Christ, but their faith is shaky and they need this stern reminder... That's one of the things I like best about your poetry, Derek, it makes me think. In short, you're a wonderfully talented writer, and I'm excited to continue following the development of your work. I pray we connect again soon in person, and that you are well and, your life, blessed. I've missed you Brother! - Ben more »

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