Are we so clever, clever,
that we need not find the way?
Ought we not to read a letter
that warns us, “Cast sin away!”?
Sinner wait – don’t close your ears to us!
Contemplate – are you really good and glorious?
Meditate – are you free from all that’s spurious?
Choose your fate – live or die, love or hate
Think of those closest to you;
have you loved them as you should?
Have you not too often hurt them?
Would you not change if you could?
Sinner wait – don’t close your ears to us!
Contemplate – are you really good and glorious?
Let’s get it straight – our characters are downright spurious!
Choose your fate – live or die, love or hate
What you need is not a bailout
but a change in your heart
As to how you may obtain it
listening’s a perfect start (listening’s a perfect start)
Most people have limits for what they will do
Lines they won’t cross – wrongs they can’t gloss
Murder – unthinkable
To steal – too far
But to lie may be drinkable
If God will be blinkable
And conscience can take the scar
O, that scar of guilt
Do you think that’s the only price to pay?
It’s just the down payment
the cloak, the raiment
A quilt for char
Yes, silt and tar within will mar your morality
and wilt your uncrossable line
In truth, to sin is never benign
Its malignancy can’t be confined
It hurts others; its effect smothers down the line
Little white lying
Boasting and prying
Gossip and grandeur
Laziness, pander
Thinking of me
Thinking for you
Suspicion, inquisition
Superstition, each stupored decision
Ghosting then sighing
Belittlement, vying
No wonder there’s crying
So long as we continue to indulge in the pseudo-satisfaction that comes with giving in to impulse and fleshly desire, we will be part of perpetuating the suffering of this world. It doesn’t have to be this way. We’re not “only human” – we’re human, and we can choose.
Who you are is not what you think
You are not your past
You are not your feelings
You are not your fears
You are not your friends
Who you are is who you choose to be
What you choose to do
Now
You have limits for what you will do
Lines you won’t cross – wrongs you can’t gloss
But where will you draw your line?
How much malignancy is fine?
Just as you are convinced that it’s never an option to murder
And it’s never worth it to steal
Can’t you see that it’s never worth it to sin at all?
A determination is what you have to make
Consider each day what is at stake
It’s never worth it to do one wrong
Determine to sing pure the overcomer’s song
Are we so clever, clever,
that we need not find the way?
Ought we not to read a letter
that warns us, “Cast sin away!”?
Sinner wait – don’t close your ears to us!
Contemplate – are you really good and glorious?
Meditate – are you free from all that’s spurious?
Choose your fate – live or die, love or hate
Think of those closest to you;
have you loved them as you should?
Have you not too often hurt them?
Would you not change if you could?
Sinner wait – don’t close your ears to us!
Contemplate – are you really good and glorious?
Let’s get it straight – our characters are downright spurious!
Choose your fate – live or die, love or hate
What you need is not a bailout
but a change in your heart
As to how you may obtain it
listening’s a perfect start (listening’s a perfect start)
written by Trent Wilde
published Jan. 15, 2021 11th New Moon
