Falling Short... Poem by Denis Martindale

Mankind's forever falling short of what God meant to be
And all because of what Man thought when he ate of one tree!
For Adam followed in Eve's trail and chose to chew like her,
Thus from that bite was doomed to fail, for God's truth must occur!

In Man's defence, Eve had not died, she walked and talked the same,
But Adam learnt God had not lied when God apportioned blame!
Thus raiment of a sort was made when blood was shed that day,
Perhaps that creature died afraid, its sacrifice to pay...

From Eden, Adam and his wife, God cast out and then barred,
To live in spite of pain and strife, at times too much, too hard!
For sin was born the day they fell, the demons knew that, too!
While every one is scared of Hell, by faith, Christ can save YOU...


Denis Martindale,8th February 2016.