Redemption Near Poem by Kurt Philip Behm

Redemption Near



Did you waste your life
just making money

Did you eat the bread
and not the honey

Did you sell your soul
as your children watched

Was your heart left cold
in a tinderbox

Were your excuses rich
and your reasons poor

Did you wake up full
and still ask for more

Were your blessings shunned
as you scratched and clawed

Saying no harm done
"I never broke the law"

Were you teeth all straightened
and your motives bent

Were your eyes detached
from what heaven sent

Were your memories lost
in some dead refrain

As a lonely footnote
to another's name

If you had one chance
to re-right these wrongs

Would you hide in silence
or break out in song

With your soul imprisoned
the choice is clear

All joy awaits
—redemption near

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June,2016)

Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: redemption
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Eric Cockrell 29 June 2016

Redeem the time, or lose it! Spoken well!

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