BAPTISM
BAPTISM, MORE LIKE A CALL
TO SOMETHING BY ALMIGHTY GOD,
10TH SEPTEMBER 2022, CHRIST LIFE CHURCH,
I WAS BAPTIZED IN THE LORD,
MY HEART WARMTH AS I RECALL IT,
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,
IN THE NAME OF THE SON,
IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY SPIRIT......,
AS MY BODY HIT THE WATER,
AS MY BODY SINKS,
AND AS THE BRETHRENS BURIED IT,
ALL THE SOUNDS FADED,
EVERYTHING WAS SILENCED,
YES I WAS IN IT,
I COULDN'T BREATH,
AS MY NOSE WAS ALSO IN IT,
YES I WAS IN IT,
MY SIGHT WERE DARKENED,
AS MY NOSE WAS IN IT,
I COULD FEEL IT
LIKE A PLACE WITHOUT SIGHT NOR SOUND,
NEITHER SCENT, FULL OF SIN,
BUT THERE WAS FEELING (AN HAND OF MERCY),
I COULD FEEL IT,
LIKE A LIGHT WHICH EVADES DARKNESS,
WITH THAT FEELING, I WAS RAISED BACK,
TO A PLACE WITH SIGHT, SOUND AND SCENT,
FULL OF THE SPIRIT,
WITH FAITH, I WAS RESURRECTED,
AND I EMBRACE THE NEW LIFE,
I WAS GLAD,
GLAD TO FULFILL THIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
About this poem
Publicly declaring severances with the old life and embracing the new life in Jesus Christ
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Written on October 03, 2022
Submitted by feranmirotimi645 on October 03, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
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Words | 202 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
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