The So-Called Value Of Freedom Poem by Denis Martindale

If servitude was all there was, if freedom never came,
Then Jesus wouldn't suffer loss upon a cross of shame...
For freedom brought its curses, too, as Adam went astray,
Ask Eve as well, because she knew God's judgement on that day...
If servitude was still intact, no independent thought,
Then Lucifer could face the fact, no evil need be caught...
No punishment, just harmony, humility and grace,
Instead of pride and infamy that haunts his ancient face...

If servitude grants Man rewards God only can bestow,
It's wise to serve the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings to know...
To keep one's own appointed lot and covet nothing more,
To bear no blemish, mark or spot, or sin worth dying for...
If servitude can bless the heart, the spirit, mind and soul,
Far better then, not to depart, one's own fate to control...
For God knows all eternity, the best that's waiting still,
So servitude, let's bow to thee, obedient to God's will...


Denis Martindale October 2016.