rhymarhyma poetry 11

[rhymarhyma]

667...one step ahead of the beast


four...five...

6 in the mornin', layin' in my bed

6 little demons playin' in my head

7 revelations led me to the east

667...one step ahead of the beast


The first revelation elevated my sight

I clawed my way out of my grave and started runnin' through the night

I could see my own past as it passed me by

Mental demons screamin' as I watched myself die


The second revelation showed a nation in tears

Years upon years of being controlled by its fears

The Statue of Liberty defiantly stands tall

as one by one, freedoms and liberties fall


In revelation three, it was my kids and me

laying peacefully under an apple tree

The fruit was forbidden, and just before dawn

all six of my kids had eaten...and all six were gone


The fourth revelation had me cursing temptation

Pleading for my kids, begging for their salvation

A multitude of brilliant angels, a horde of demons haunted

chimed "Your children are still innocent, you're the one we've always wanted"


Revelation number five had me burning alive

Peeling at my flesh, tryin' to survive

I fell into a pool of fire where lost souls dwell

I saw the beast unleashed in the depths of hell


In the sixth revelation, temptation everywhere

I whisper a prayer, but in the morning she's still there

She doesn't know me but she loves me, wants to play with me and stay with me

Come my demon, clever demon, lovely demon...lay with me


This was the last; revelation number seven

I saw the foundation of Creation in a stairway to Heaven

It was east of where I stood, a good mile to my right

and in the middle of the night I kissed my kids and held 'em tight

because they're the only ones, unconditionally, on this earth

I live for them, I'll die for them, and I'd kill for them since birth

I gently stroked 'em, never woke 'em as I was chokin' back a tear

I was breaking, but not broken...so God has spoken, let me hear

As I came upon the stairway, a wall of brick yet clear like glass

and the Lord of my salvation, but He wouldn't let me pass

I asked was I not worthy, did I change too late to make the climb?

and Jesus said it's not my time, that I'm not finished with this rhyme

In His hand was every verse, from the beginning to the end

including seven revelations that I hadn't yet penned

He said "Defend your enemy like your children, love them all as one"

"Then, and only then, will this rhyme be done"

 

[rhymarhyma]

our wings are bound


We rise, we fly, our eyes don't lie
They're the windows to the soul, and the soul doesn't die
Before and after earth, we're alive in the sky
and the moment of our birth is the beginning of goodbye

Heaven-sent, we're all meant to be
You're supposed to be you and I'm meant to be me
We're meant to be strong, guaranteed to be free
and this world is but a test for our eternity

From the womb to the tomb, our wings are bound
and temptation of damnation is an eery sound
but the loss on that cross brought us from lost to found
so we can once again fly over hallowed ground

One sovereign King laid down his crown
to give us back our chance to wear an angel's gown
and though we'll go under, we will never drown
for Christ rushes to the sound of an angel falling down

 

[rhymarhyma]

hear the outlaw testify


It was either them or me, and I was tired of dyin'

I dropped down, arms raised, and out loud started cryin'

"My Lord, my God, won't you answer my plea?!"

"Destroy these screamin' demons that reside in me..."

I felt a newfound strength that came up from within

and deep inside my heart Christ waged a war against sin

The soldiers of the black launched a brutal attack

but I was precious to the Lord and he wanted me back

In a show of force and might he countered dark with the light

and I could hear the sun spinning in the middle of the night

When the battle finally ended and the smoke started to clear

the love and the light defeated the darkness and fear

A battle fought by One just to set one free

A war waged over one, and that one was me

An army of One was willing to fight for one goal;

one heart, one mind, one body, one soul

Justifiable homicide, the demons had to die

and if that makes me an outlaw...hear the outlaw testify

 

[rhymarhyma]

I'll remember you


"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son..."

to keep me from becoming the forgotten one



Do you remember me, Lord, on the day I was born

Was I wearing half a halo and a maniacal horn

I know I was pure when I came out of the womb

but it seems like death embraced me as I entered this tomb

This tomb that is the world, this tomb that we call Earth

Was I only born to die since the moment of my birth



Do you remember me, Lord, every day that I live

Is there anything I've done that you wouldn't forgive

I thought that I strayed off the path that you paved

but I now realize that was my road to be saved

I didn't go the wrong way, I just went the long way

and every dark step brought me to a brighter day



Will you remember me, Lord, on the day I pass on

Will it be dark as night, or an eternal dawn

Will my own memories forever make me cry

or will I remember tomorrow before it even passes by

Eternal dreaming, eternal screaming...my hope and faith are true

and the one thing I'll remember, Lord...I'll remember you

 

[rhymarhyma]

Screams of silence


Lost in time, lost in rhyme

has tomorrow come and gone

A weeping mime commits no crime

and his sorrow marches on

Left behind, color blind

orange sunsets make him blue

He tries to find his missing mind

in a box he can't break through

Every side, trapped inside

viewed by everyone around

Can't run and hide, although he tried

can't scream...he makes no sound

Painted joy, fake decoy

lonely tears roll down his cheeks

Will love destroy this long-lost boy

and the freedom that he seeks

For 'twas love, toward his dove

that finally drove him mad

Just thinking of her high above

and the passion that they had

In his head she's not dead

they're together somehow, some way

She always said to look ahead

not dwell on yesterday

It was she who could see

his problem growing bigger

It was he who then would flee

after she squeezed the trigger

Alcohol made him fall

to the very depths of hell

He lost it all behind that wall

Screams of silence in his cell

Crying slurred, teardrops blurred

the mime drops to one knee

He clenched God's Word, his prayer heard

though shackled, he's finally free