Maybe Poem by Luke Easter

Maybe the wrong people are just another test in life,
Marrying the right husband, picking the proper wife,
Is this person an acquaintance or really a true friend?
Starting a lifetime relationship or beginning of the end?

Maybe negative individuals in our lives we need to see,
Using this as a positive so you will learn how not to be,
Before your life can take off climbing higher and higher,
Become engrossed in a successful & not a failing desire.

Maybe if we read the bible striving to become smarter,
The devil’s crew would have to work that much harder,
Not putting ourselves in unwarranted perilous situations,
As satisfaction rules our flesh with deceitful imaginations.

Maybe the Lord wanted that door closed with lock & key,
Wisdom and Knowledge is the first place we need to be,
Because where you’ve been determines where you’re at,
Check out the Amplified Bible for a full detail of the facts.

Maybe rich folks don’t always have the best of everything,
Big house, expensive cars, doesn’t mean joy it will bring,
Millionaires have jumped from windows or tried to hide,
Some of the world’s most beautiful people break down & cry.

Maybe those in charge shouldn’t have to lead by example,
Scripture never meant for believers there would be ample,
If the bible wasn’t ignored because it’s often misunderstood,
Then all things really do happen for the better and our good.

Maybe the blessings many people will not have to miss,
God brought you out of that and He’ll get you out of this,
You’re not going to stay because the problem will not last,
Complaining makes it take longer, stop, it will come to pass.

Maybe if all of America had an equal opportunity face,
Obama and Clinton might forget about the color of race,
Running for office isn’t about putting candidates in place,
And it’s definitely not attacking to bring shame or disgrace.

Maybe if Michael Vick knew he’d be out 200 million bucks,
He wouldn’t have to spend 3 years in jail fresh out of luck,
Sad to see the price to pay when forced to make amends,
Just another way to say be careful when picking friends.

Maybe we’ve forgotten the old saying, like attracts like,
We aren’t being insensitive telling opposites to take a hike,
If they insist on doing wrong as you insist on doing right,
Remember the best friends of the aforementioned Mike.

Maybe the four lepers that were sitting outside the gate,
Would have starved to death had they waited too late,
It’s possible someone reading this could actually do more,
If they knew all the good things for them God has in store.

Maybe the blind can use the other four senses to see,
Better than the inept vision that controls you and me,
They form pictures drawn by the spirit from within,
Remember, a line between love and hate is very thin.

Maybe the Iraqi war will not end up just like Viet Nam,
Mortgage fraud is an isolated incident not a nationwide scam,
Cops don’t really beat suspects as seen on the video cam,
Terrorism is not the number one priority in good old Iran.

Maybe war in reality is now played just like a video game,
Soldiers the world over are no longer, blind and/or lame,
Tiger Woods is the 3rd greatest golfer ever behind Jeff & me,
Since my retirement from the Cavs, no longer able to hit a 3.

Maybe Satan isn’t a bad guy after all, just misunderstood,
Lucifer doesn’t mean any harm all his intentions are good,
If I ask the devil he’ll do me the favor of talking to Bill Gates,
Securing a billion dollar loan with a 0% fixed interest rate.

Maybe there’ll be no hard feelings after I’ve gone into default,
I’ll still own the houses, cars, yachts and private jets I bought,
My girlfriends won’t hate each other, my wife they’ll never tell,
All the sins, lies and indiscretions will never send me to hell.

Maybe I wouldn’t borrow if my homemade money wasn’t phony,
The Brown Derby doesn’t close if steak taste better than bologna,
Then again, my computer generated 100’s might spend just fine,
Using a picture of Benjamin Franklin instead of a new one of mine.

Maybe a handsome pix of Jeff Rickey Cheeks after mine I erase,
Although it could take a while cause bills are all over the place,
I’ll try them at the Rolls Royce dealership on several new cars,
After spending some getting totally wasted at a few local bars.

Maybe this poetry stuff is really a gift then again it’s not,
There are many reasons Jeff and I begin but none to stop,
Like love or hate, where some like it cold and some like hot,
I like the Patriots, Jeff the Giants but whom have you got?

Maybe Jesus didn’t shed His blood and die on the cross,
No matter what happens not one soul will ever be lost,
Angels are not angels after all just a bunch of funny clowns,
The Super Bowl is going to be won by the Cleveland Browns.

Maybe the world did begin with the collision of two big rocks,
I’ll walk the dog when it’s 10 below in shorts, sandals & socks,
I’m not worried about pneumonia; I will just think myself hot,
Driving my Lamborghini I’ll go on red then on green I’ll stop.

Maybe if the higher you went thinner would not be the air,
Then eagles could not be the only birds able to fly up there,
Fish and their like wouldn’t be alone swimming in the sea,
If everyone for 90 days should breathe under water like me.

Maybe God always gives more to those who don’t tithe,
So the bible not only tells the truth but it also tells lies,
Everybody will always have enough to survive and get by,
If I super glued wings to my arms I can flap them and fly.

Maybe not over the Atlantic since I’d have to stop and eat,
But I could make it around the corner or across the street,
Become a mighty pillar of health by not watching what I eat,
It’s good to have beer, pizza, chips; whatever’s fat and sweet.

Maybe God now rewards disobedience everything will be fine,
Churches will no longer sing, “Jesus Is On The Main Line, ”
There are not any #1 records because we all sing in tune,
Sell my earthly belongings & purchase a condo on the moon,

Maybe it’s OK for Beth to marry Sue, Fred cohabiting with Bob,
Crooked politicians, sleazy lawyers aren’t controlled by the mob,
Students with a “Certificate Of Completion” won’t steal & rob,
Instead they’ll get respectable or rewarding good paying jobs.

Maybe Kenyan women wouldn’t be beaten, raped, attacked,
If the majority of that country was Caucasian instead of Black,
Or, with men in the village being properly trained and armed,
Females’ aged 3 to 75 could suffer less abusive physical harm.

Maybe the grass is greener on the other side of the hill,
Don’t forget that it also comes with a higher water bill,
A young man was cut from his high school basketball team,
But it didn’t stop Michael Jordan from living his dream.

Maybe if more people knew the intense level of pain,
There wouldn’t be so much pleasure in ill-gotten gain,
Most of the world will be serious attempting to refrain,
From elicit pleasures and illegal deceit in Jesus’ name.

Maybe if it was healthy for eating buffets like Pizza Hut,
Over half of Americans would not have triple x-large butts,
When people start hanging out at salad and not alcohol bars,
Fewer fatalities occur with slim people not drunks driving cars.

Maybe when we learn to walk by faith and not by sight,
Things really will start to turn out not wrong but right,
When you have Jack in the box the way to shut his mouth,
Is sitting on top of it, refuse to move and do not let him out.

Maybe if a majority believed, a lesser number has doubt,
More of us could enter His rest instead of being left out,
Absolutely the greatest residence is the kingdom within,
By following any other teaching is the birthplace of sin.

Maybe only for a chosen few this “abundantly” means more,
No wonder the rich are rich & the poor will always be poor,
It really doesn’t make any sense denying negative sensation,
Walking upright, steadfast, unmovable in positive revelation.

Maybe Jesus is not the same yesterday, today and tomorrow,
Christian lives have no hope there’s only sadness or sorrow,
There is no difference between good and evil, heaven and hell,
Our universe was created by The Wizard of OZ and Tinker bell.

Maybe comics simply don’t have to use profanity to be funny,
This poem will be never ending like the pink energizer bunny,
Only in the Old Testament does land flow with milk & honey,
And I can pay the car note, all my bills with monopoly money.

Maybe Juashaunna Kelly can win any one and two mile race,
At Theodore Roosevelt High in D.C. because of her Muslim faith,
She wears a track uniform covering everything except her face,
Disqualified 1/12/08 from events she ran best times in the sate.

Maybe the Montgomery Invitational track board is not elite,
They forgot it’s the same one she wore three years to compete,
Freshman, sophomore and junior, more than paying her dues,
Best in the land senior now it’s suddenly time to enforce the rules?

Maybe they feel there’s no reason to offer a better excuse,
O.J. Simpson still believes he’s freshly squeezed orange juice,
He didn’t put up any money; the bondsman revoked his bail,
How dare they keep a Heisman Trophy winner locked in jail.

Maybe it was the Dream Team that gave you a second life,
Only the Kingdom knows for sure about Ron and your wife,
There’s one thing I wonder and I’m not asking this to be mean,
Why in hell can’t you dust off the old by living a new life clean?

Maybe if everyone who has been given another chance,
Like King David, took the time to do a victory dance,
The world should be thankful and have a lot more peace,
Because in our hearts there would be a lot less grief.

Maybe there’s a reason to celebrate each night and day,
Because by the Blood of Jesus we’ve already been saved,
It’s not about anything we could ever hope or begin to do,
How many times do you stop & say, “Father Thank You? ”

Maybe if we treated our setbacks simply as light afflictions,
There’d be no need for us to have drug & alcohol addictions,
It’s imperative to understand that faith always overrides fact,
Until this realization sets in you’ll forever be where you’re at.

Maybe if Christians had ears like a dog and eyes of an eagle,
We’d recognize lying, bitter, hateful, jealous, deceitful people,
And if athletes didn’t become stars by talking illegal steroids,
That type of drug wouldn’t be banned like some Chinese toys.

Maybe if crybaby Jose Canseco had not spilled the beans,
Congress doesn’t insist millionaire ballplayers come clean,
Martin Luther King Jr. is still alive today living his dream,
But racism reared its ugly head tearing it apart at the seams.

Maybe if it was only Jose's bowels & not his mouth that was loose,
He might have been able to play the game without being juiced,
All this crap surfaced now cause he's not mentioned with the best,
Grow-up Canseco, you blew your shot it's time to give it a rest.

Maybe everyday you should begin expecting God’s favor,
Always believing you’ll experience the fruit of your labor,
It’s a true saying, “the apple does not fall far from the tree, ”
But first we have to plant a seed that the Lord wants to see.

Maybe Jesus should not have blessed and healed the ten,
When nine ran off but only one came back to thank Him,
Selfishness has two chances for blessings, slim and none,
And Slim rode off to loneliness with the setting of the sun.

Maybe it’s time to call it a day by putting this poem to bed,
Forty-eight stanzas and that is way more than enough said,
We could go on and on composing another million and one,
But, will it ever change anything after all is said and done?

w/Jeff Ricky Cheeks