tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329010302011-04-21T16:37:26.729-07:00Proverbs 31:8 “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”justicemandatenoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32901030.post-1155837096903326372006-08-17T10:45:00.000-07:002006-08-17T10:58:07.293-07:00The Violence of Complacency (a poem)<br /><br />All around me walls are crumbling, crashing down;<br />Imaginations crush a hated foe-<br />Their idle, smiling masks are cackling like a clown;<br />Inside a wicked one who's naively wishing woe.<br /><br />The victim loves with peace of heart and mind;<br />An innocent so young-no harm could crash<br />Or should befall this non-corrupted mind:<br />A brutal bed prepared beneath the trash.<br /><br />The ghosts of death spurred to their fatal task,<br />Attack the child alone, soon screaming fear<br />And terror to the hearts of those with masks;<br />But wisps then haul the noise unheard through deadened ears:<br /><br />These clowning ones love pleasure more than life,<br />And laugh away the ones who suffer strife.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.justicemandate.blogspot.com">Return to Main</a><strong></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32901030-115583709690332637?l=justicemandate2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>justicemandatenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32901030.post-1155830902085955012006-08-17T08:56:00.000-07:002006-08-17T11:15:21.623-07:00<Center>"Rise"<br /><br />The unwanted, the throwaways lay rotting in the dirt<br />Fires come cremate the last<br />Nothing<br /><br />Then the ashes caught by wind <br />float slowly toward the clouds<br />Exousia*<br />From nothing we’ve come, to nothing we go<br /><br />The clouds create from nothing…..<br />The seeds below<br />The rain starts to fall and the ashes grow<br /><br />A bud trampled under foot<br />Vibrant fields trembling yet safe<br /><br />Receive your Maker!<br />Rise!!<br />The ashes grow<br />Rise!!<br />Love surrounds you<br /><br />Nailed and dying<br />Remaining on the tree<br />Jesus…<br />All friends flee<br />Nothing<br />Exousia*<br />Out of nothing…..death<br />The beautiful plan<br /><br />A bud trampled under foot<br />Vibrant fields trembling yet safe<br /><br />Receive your maker!<br />Rise!!<br />The ashes grow<br />Rise!!<br />Love surrounds you<br />As the rain begins to fall</Center><br /><br />*Exousia=creative power of God<br /><a href="http://www.justicemandate.blogspot.com">Return to Main</a><strong></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32901030-115583090208595501?l=justicemandate2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>justicemandatenoreply@blogger.com0