vinedresser WORDSMITH (251-300 posts)
Posts : 259 Age : 68 Join date : 2011-10-10 Location : Arkansas
| Subject: Empty Praise, Worthless Promise Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:18 am | |
| Excited anticipation, earnest participation
Soaring expectation, What would today bring?
Crowded joviality, good humored josteling
Friends and family settling, music starts to ring.
Hands lifted high, upturned faces to the sky
Bodies sway in rhythm, as voices in unison are raised
Gathered enmasse to receive, strength, instruction, direction
In awe of what is seen, absorbing that which is in front of us.
But what is this, empty words echoing off silent walls?
Noteworthy nothing filling the air, crushed spirits as the speaker descends his stairs.
Unfulfilled weakness all around
Silently all shuffle out and leave, why did we come, how could we believe?
Week after week we continue on, hoping beyond hope we could receive.
Searching for a cure for the emptiness inside
Looking for that someone that could be a guide
To that enrichment we all heard about, when we were children.
What's this all about?
They call it church, it's really a morgue
Kiling off bit by bit, what little life we hoard
The numbers rise, death takes it's toll.
Might as well go to the stadium, hear some rock-n-roll. |
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oneagleswings ADMIN II
CCW GOLD MEMBER CCW SUPPORTER 2X POETRY CONTEST WINNER Posts : 4323 Age : 64 Join date : 2011-08-30 Location : south carolina
| Subject: Re: Empty Praise, Worthless Promise Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:56 pm | |
| Doesn't sound like the usual you, but it sounds genuine, honest and real...like i know you to be, tomorrow's another day, Amen! |
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Thena ADMIN II
CCW GOLD MEMBER CCW SUPPORTER POETRY & SHORT STORY CONTESTS WINNER Posts : 2875 Age : 79 Join date : 2011-09-11 Location : Sunny CA
| Subject: Re: Empty Praise, Worthless Promise Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:47 am | |
| Rock and roll...On Christ the solid rock I stand
and
When the roll is called up yonder ....
Hugs |
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Len Williams Carver WRITER (51-100 posts)
Posts : 69 Age : 72 Join date : 2012-08-25 Location : KANSAS
| Subject: Re: Empty Praise, Worthless Promise Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:44 pm | |
| We weren't promised an easy life. we were promised that He would lift us up and carry us, or take our hand and walk with us. His promises are never broken you must believe that for it is truth and the Word is the truth. God bless you! |
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Lora SITE ADMINISTRATOR
Posts : 5907 Age : 53 Join date : 2011-07-26 Location : Southern CA
| Subject: Re: Empty Praise, Worthless Promise Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:27 pm | |
| Amen! It's a message that is often overlooked and, therefore, people are lost because of it. You definitely hit the nail on the head with this one. It's a well written and very moving piece. Nice work! |
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