#rhyme

God, I am thankful for Jesus Christ,
and I am now reborn by his light!
But I didn’t know my spirit laid perishing in the night.

I am thankful you provide me with physical food,
but I didn’t know my spirit starved for spiritual food.

I am thankful for eyes which see your glorious creations,
but I didn’t know my soul was attacked by unseen situations.

I am thankful you gave me a brain to think,
but I didn’t know my soul was ill with ignorance.

rewarded once
on sight unseen
this gift’s delight
a daylight dream

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the beggar bare
he seeks his alms—
the woman walks
he’s lost his charm

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a jailed man rich
he sits and waits
in a block cell Ritz
without a gate

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winter bare
the dead leaves wait
in springtime prayer
for a lover’s mate

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unearthed in bombs
the craters claim
an ancient’s tale
of human shame

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