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Life and death I place before you...

M.R.P 2000 (Bushbuckridge)

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Sin, why don't you forsake me
You shake my boat
I'm waking Jesus to calm the storm
For the old has passed
Behold, I bear fruits

I will walk in the fire like it's frozen ice.
And if I drown, I'll swim
In the fish's belly, I'll find refuge
Fury - the fiery furnace seven times
See the fourth man's hand reach out
Be it not and I am six feet deep
The cross I carry, the joy of saints
I will not be enslaved or serve
A living sacrifice, my spirit I commit

About this poem

Struggle with sin. Like addiction, it keeps knocking. Been praying and yet I can still hear it whisper. It calls, but I've moved on. And if it kills me, it's fine. The death of a saint is a celebration in heaven.

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Written on June 08, 2021

Submitted by proxj707 on June 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXX XXXXXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 438
Words 94
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 9
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