Fear Has Been Defeated



He gazed upon the skies
A view of a wandering eyes
Hallow eyes, filled with emptiness
Hopelessness and sadness

He was afraid of his own shadow
Cos his mind has become so shallow
He was afraid of tomorrow
 He was afraid to live another day in sorrow
He said, what tomorrow will bring
will be nothing more than more pain
sickness, distress and loneliness in the rain

But I grabbed his fear firmly by the hand
let's take a leap from the phobic heights and land
I urged him, let us go
Don't observe the wind blow
let us move forward

But he  retreated backward
He exclaimed, in this time and age
when the stormy weather rage
the hurricane, the tornado and the earthquake
My heart still quake

The darkest of the night
 I cannot see the end of the tunnel's light
The darkness so thick in nature
I cannot see the future
To see is to believe, my friend
To see is to believe till the end

Right then, I understood his perversity
why he faint in the time of adversity
Cos' his faith is small
His faith is so weak and stall
 But he must understand how to stand to withstand his fears

This is the doubt I must topple
I must preach to him the Gospel
to beat-down all his stronghold and phantoms
 For the gospel is the solution to all human problems
 The only power of God unto salvation
for all mankind elevation
I preach to him the gospel of faith

Cos' I knew by hearing comes faith
Hearing the word of God in good-faith
You understand this spiritual truth
That will make your life run so smooth
 
With the word of God in your mouth
You can chart the course of your life
You can prevent it from running rife
You can be the best you want to be
You can be so rich and healthy

As I  speak to him words of faith
 he looked up, eyes brightened
His gait rose up and heightened
He was ready to move forward
He was ready to  jump upon the word
And take the world by storm

As I yet speak faith
Fear struggled to break free from my grasp
And then, scamper agasp
Cos' He knew, he has been defeated

About this poem

The Gospel of Faith, poetry written for my son David, for his spoken word performance in church.

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Submitted by Benny11 on May 14, 2023

Modified by Benny11 on February 27, 2024

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Scheme AABB CCCCXDD EECCF FGGHH IIJJKK LLMMX NNOOPPQ QQXX XRRLL QSSFFX QTTX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,985
Words 398
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 7, 5, 5, 6, 5, 7, 4, 5, 6, 4

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