Poetry

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COAL OIL LAMP

I'M JUST A COAL OIL LAMP
MY WICK WILL NOT BURN
AND MY KNOB TO ADJUST IT
IS FROZEN AND WONT TURN

MY GLOBE IS ALL SMOKED UP
IT'S SMUTTY FROM DAYS OF TOIL
MY CANISTER IS ALL DRIED UP
IT'S LONG SINCE BEEN OUT OF OIL

I JUST SIT HERE ALL DAY
ALL TATTERED FROM DAYS OF ABUSE
WITH NOT ANY SENTIMENTAL VALUE
A COAL OIL LAMP WITH NO USE

I PRAYED FOR SOMEONE TO HELP
TO MAKE MY MISERY END
THEN ONE DAY HE PASSED BY
WITH ME HE BEGAN TO TEND

HE MADE ME SHINE ANEW
AND FILLED ME UP WITH OIL
I SHINE AND GLOW IN DARKNESS
HE CLEANSED AWAY MY SOIL

MY GLOBE IS BRIGHT AS NEW
MY TESTIMONY GLOWS FROM WITHIN
MY WICK IS ALL TRIMMED UP
FOR JESUS MADE ME NEW AGAIN

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