UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD

Graves are silent

Because they don’t have life

The hearts therein

Much they contain

But you know not because you were not told

Intense are the stares

Much tension in the air

Because how to break it they know not

In their hearts there’s much

But you know not, because you are never told

At the thought my tears fall

Yet you wonder why the many calls

This far I have come

Because of that which you’ve done

But you know not, because you are never told

Much money I can’t give

Because expensive is the life you live

Love and care I can’t feed

Because infinite is the much you need

But I want you to know, because now you are told

To you is my infinite gratitude

For your untold fortitude

Through which I reach this altitude

Without which I’d be in solitude

Now you know,because you I have told

BROKEN

Dirty, filthy and unworthy

Deliberately taking the wrong path

A stray sheep in the wilderness

Just to satisfy the flesh desires

Assuming the hurt of the Spirit

Blocking the ears to the call of God

Swimming in the sea of sin

Not appreciating the death on the cross

Reading the word but making no sense out of it

Or rather not taking heed of it

Clearly hearing the voice from above

But brushing the fatherly love aside

Sincerely seeking God’s face

But not reaching out for the outstretched hand

No words to best describe this

But bet this gives the picture

A picture of eyes open

Heart ready to turn back from sin

Soul rendered to Christ

Body surrendered as a sacrifice

A spirit broken and crushed to pieces

Because this is the best sacrifice to offer

Sorry is not the word here

Broken, Contrite and crushed, I lay it all down

No amount of tears can wash my pain

No amount of words can describe how I feel

No one can understand my state

The state of a lost child,

The condition of a rebellious child

A son ready to come home, prodigal we can say

It hurts to know I hurt my father

It breaks the heart to remember what I have done

Yet it’s so sweet to see the tears of the Spirit

Tears that wipe away the grief caused

To know that the father’s arms are open

Open to welcome me home

How nice it is to be in those arms again

Security assured, Love overflowing

Strength guaranteed, Future insured

Awesome is the father’s love

Love unfailing forgiving all sins to remember them no more

Making me one with Christ

Uncondemning love, cleansing all stains

And making me a new creation

Though I walk through the dark valley

I shall fear no evil

For with me is the assurance of Your presence

My heart’s desire

That I may stray never again

But dwell in thy house forever

To worship You with all I am

And to spend eternity with You

Broken and contrite

That’s my spirit.

SILVER

Silver  oh  silver

Where did you get your name?

Where did you come from?

Where can you be found?

Why do you torment us?

When are you responding to my questions?

You were made by man

Yet you make man run mad

Don’t you have human nature?

Oh! You aren’t human

So what are you?

Nothing compares to wisdom

Yet you wisely take it away from man

Your sight so captivating

Your name so alluring

What are you made of?

You darken the paths of kings

Writhing their hearts out of their chest

Squeezing humanity out of them

Leaving them void and empty headed

Why are you so inhuman?

 

You set brothers against each other

Breeding hatred in hearts of families

Cousins sitting on each other’s head

Sons not caring for their oldies

Are you really worth it?

Because of you, young flowers rid themselves of their beauty

Briefly garmented each day

Miserably posting themselves at street corners

Shamelessly hawking themselves at a pauper’s price

Seriously! Don’t you think you are denying them their innocence?

Because of you the pillars of homes are fallen

Strong gigantic men are beheaded

No more strong shoulders to lean on

No more role models for the baby generation

Can’t you just be fair for once?

Now this is my intuition

It’s you who’ve brought it back

Revived Sodom and Gomorrah ,the fallen cities

Pairing men with men, women with women

Defying nature. So what’s your promise to them?

You create greed, they call you corruption

You snatch us food, they call you hunger

Kings make you their bed, they say it’s inflation

You cause jealousy, they say it’s competition

Why are you so cunning?

I don’t say you are bad

But can you stop all these confusion

You make life easy, you keep us busy

Because of you we aren’t lazy

In wisdom you make kings rise

In foolishness you make them crumble

In wisdom you stir knowledge and insight

In foolishness people walk in darkness

You can create honor yet you can also cause misery

Those who seek wisdom find you

Those who seek you are hurt

Those who find wisdom lack you not

Those who find you lose wisdom

Yet you belong to wisdom