mene mene tekel!



What shall I write amidst this generation of words and noise?
Communication is more frequent and faster than it has ever been -
communicating nothing_______________________________
Images flash before us - except a true image of ourselves.
We frown, but the clowns tell us it’s a smile.
We are taught to fly like birds but never learn to sing.
We learn to create our wildest dreams, where now is our sleep?
We can understand every creature under heaven but ignore what they say.
We pick up trash to save the planet yet abuse our beautiful bodies.
We protest for peace yet our mouths spew filth and hate at each other!
Yet the finger of truth still writes in unlooked for places:  
But to accept the love that surrounds you...
you must turn away from the sins that blind you-
And accept the new heart God has for you!
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Submitted by HoneyoutofaLion on March 08, 2022

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Closest metre Iambic heptameter
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Words 158
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

daniel faerber

German-canadian raised in Japan, adventured in Africa, lived in Hong-Kong now a dweller of the Heavenlies! more…

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