Redemption Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

What is redemption?
To experience or mention.
Redemption.
What does these days redemption,
Mean?

Had you asked of God,
For more things to have.
And possess.
Had you asked of God,
For money to get.
Not for a need.
But impressions to make.
With kept pretensions to address.

Or...
Had you asked of God,
For help to strengthen your faith.
Tested everyday in temptating ways,
To seem as if to fade away.
And this to wish this mistake to make,
God forgives.

Ungratefulness and thoughtlessness,
Returns.
Misdeeds done to others,
Also returns.
More with concern.
Yet some never learn,
What redemption does to have it do...
To remove minds from delusions.
And painful too!
When blessings they receive,
From God to give...
Suddenly from them to disappear.
Taking what God gives to take,
For granted.