Poetry

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As I lay upon the brevity of the morning
The inconsequence of my thought charges me to rise
I begin an estimable gait in which only I see the worth
And it is in me that it lies

Along the way I thought not to be alone
And introduced myself to whom proposed to journey as well
Little did I know I would meet decease on the way
He wore a familiar smile with a facetious hat
He displayed an odd walk and a pacifying content
His refusal to reveal his intention found me oddly contented

One by one and step by step
Alongside each other we strolled into
Two by two we walked not lept
Without ever needing to ignore the view
We appeared to be almost as one
Still not able to admit this could I
Unaware of my egoistic blemish
And it was in we that it lied

In such confidence I grew into the midday bright
As though darkness need not disappear
Yet I did not know that slaughter lay just below the surface
The shallow context of what was just under his veneer
Why did a stroll with death not differ from all that I have known before?
Where was the fear?
How could calm be so near?
When it was in me that truth did lie

Could it be we're the same within the brand of our survival?
Can it be that unnoticed reaches beyond what I see?
Still, I am not who he does not claim to be
He may hide his nature
It may not present explicitly
But unequivocal is its inimitable ploy
And I am surely nothing like this boy

Thank God I am not
And in His Son I give thanks
For I am nothing like such a dubious man
Vague in motive and unambiguous in depravity
A sinner worse than sin itself
And I am thankful I do not suffer his condition
I live the truth
And it is in me that it lies

So carry yourself away and apart from my cleanliness
Assassin of all that is true
Walk on alone and without me
And leave principle behind to remain aware
Because a tent of sanctity walks beside you
And your affect on such I do not care

It is time that we part our ways
I will not eat with you tonight or any night
My salvation has presented me drunk with clarity
And I must deny you from all that is right
You are in need of correction I presuppose
Because you are certainly one of those

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Excuse me son, may I ask something
Do you remember me?
I am the one in whom you do suppose
The truth is yours to be

Now you are clear of your stain
And I have made it to be so
But it was not you who gave this gift
Nor is it yours to own

Do not point your finger and say to these
I am no sinner and clearly you are not like me
For I will teach you what is and is not of you
And what I did make and did not take from you to

Ill accept no credit for this rare form
Because it disappoints me to see you so
Although I saw this before you knew
And presented a solution for you to know

This man who repulses you so
He was never really there you see
The one who walked with you today
His voice you portray, his face you do carry

He was a reflection of yourself, of what you hold inside
Just as a mirror presents a crystalline image
However yours is cracked and this poor reflection
Prevents you from understanding your lineage

So I will state it firm and of course in love
You are my son never to be anything else
But as I have loved you, I made you to love them
Now it's time you display your wealth

That man was you
I simply had to do it that way
You have grown so obstinate and conceited in my strength
I am worried I have lost you by the things that you say

My son there is no difference between you and him
Nor with anyone else you might see
Salvation is rooted in what I Am, no more
And it is only I that separate you and he

Never say what you said or think what you thought
And then give thanks to me
A new creation you are because I died and rose
And my Spirit imparts no treachery

One Spirit, One God, three persons within
And never do these disagree
As Blood is the cause for your redemption, well then
Remember mine was spilled for you to be free

Yet you say "how can this be lord"
"I am no murderer as you say"
"I have never taken a life"
"Nor could I ever today"

But I tell you for certain that I know that you have
That you did what that man who walked with you did
For your sin put me up high upon that tree where I died
So that I could take your place and you would live

I took it, I did, and removed the stain God does see
So that you may be with me and live eternally
You are no longer who you were, nor are weighed by what you have done
The Father sees sin no more when He looks at you, but only sees me, His Son

You are no more a killer, a sinner, or a stain
Only life resides in me the lamb who was slain
So awake now my son, in Spirit do arise
For eternal life is yours to keep...
And it is in me that it lies

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