Along the Battle



How a quiver of arrows
Had the purpose
To pierce my heart.
Bitter indeed
Are the arrows of strife.

How passion tasted
Is a foul tart,
It tastes rotten,
And tears apart.

How the marksman
Is the Devil,
Don't let him bring you down
To his level.
Nothing worth while
That he would adore,
Don't be like him
I implore.

How fighting the Devil
Is a battle
At our core.
He will throw everything at us,
even a whore.

How the wind chime
Dings once
And there is no time.
We see a losing battle
While heaven and hell
Is above and below,
Whether or not
We are on the wrong side
For the battle
Of our soul.

How sacrifice
Is not the fruit
Of the wicked,
But of the chariots of righteousness
And the glory of God's convicted.

How Jesus
Is the light
Who's rays reflect
The arrows of darkness
Deep in our hearts.
He saves us
From falling into hell
So we can fight back
After we've fell.

How in the end
Jesus makes a stand.
We fight alongside our King
With faith,
It's our fate
Before it's too late.
See how the armor
Of darkness
Binds us and blinds us,
Bitter indeed is a fallen state.

About this poem

From I AM A MAN AS I SHOULD BE: POEM BOOK 1, on Amazon

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Submitted by RonaldBunch on June 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XABXX CBDB DEXEXFXF EEFAF GXGEHXXXEX XXCAC AXXAXAHXH XXXXIIXAAI
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 1,011
Words 209
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 8, 5, 10, 5, 9, 10

Ronald-Bunch

ronaldbunch.com He did volunteer work, goes to church, reads, and likes long walks. He's a self published writer and poet. He's getting his GED and will graduate at Grand Rapids (USA) community college. Activity: Ronald Lee Bunch published his poetry book called I Am A Man As I should be on create space September 1st, 2014 (Paper Back) and August 31, 2014 (Kindle Edition) Audio book is now available at amazon. Interests: Writing, reading, walking. Favorite book types: Fantasy and writer/author biographies. Some of the books he read: Mainspring (Clockwork Earth #1), The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia), The Holiness of God, The Outsiders, Clash of the Titans, Gulliver's Travels, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2), The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic, Crossfire, Outland, Krull, The Red King (Star Trek: Titan, #2), Icerigger #1, Spellsinger, Flinx's Folly (Pip & Flinx #9), Battle Surgeons (Star Wars: Clone Wars, #4), The Silmarillion, The Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit, David Copperfield. more…

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