rhymarhyma poetry 12

[rhymarhyma]

Return


The moon will glow, just as the sun will burn

and as for your child, he will return...

I'm crying as I'm trying to get away from yesterday

I'm reaching for your hand so you can show me the way

Pull me up, Lord, far ahead of my past

Hear the agonizing cries of a lonely outcast


Two sides of life, each one a lesson learned

and as for your child, I have returned...

I tried the dark side and didn't like what I found

360 degrees, you've turned me completely around

back to when I was young, before life turned so wild

Hear the ever-grateful praise of a long-lost child


Bones in a coffin, empty ashes in an urn

As my final breath is death, your child will truly return...

Up, up and away I say, never coming back

Rising to the light as my body fades to black

Wrap your arms around me, Lord, I'm coming home as designed

and the mercy you've shown to me please give to the one's I leave behind...

 

[rhymarhyma]

I didn't have to die for my soul to be at rest


Blessed and possessed, my heart I truly professed

to my savior, Jesus Christ, who helped me pass this earthly test

Lest you think I joke, I can count off each arrest

and the name of each facility of which I was a guest

I've had house arrest, arrest arrest

been arrested from the east side to the wild wild west

They didn't honor my request to show evidence suppressed

It was called a stall tactic to have the court recessed

It didn't really work, but my lawyer did his best

I called him "Wall Street" for all the money I'd invest

I've pleaded innocent, guilty, no-contest

I tried walking out in a show of protest

I got an extra six months for the lack of remorse I expressed

though I suggested a year less just for being so stressed

I thought it was funny, but the judge wasn't impressed

Don't remember word for word, but I heard the word "detest"

I've been to court dressed, undressed, once in a bullet-proof vest

I wished I'd had a helmet, nobody aims for the chest

I should've stayed at my mama's, but I had to leave the nest

and ended up flying toward that criminal quest

I can laugh about it now, and I can write in jest

never did it for the court, but to the Lord I confessed

I went from demon-possessed to Jesus-possessed

and to this very truth I can attest

My sins were forgiven, my weakness addressed

and I didn't have to die for my soul to be at rest

 

[rhymarhyma]

my teardrops droppin'


In my deepest, darkest place, I was standin' face to face
with my demon and temptation...with my Savior and his grace
Each beckoned me to join them, they both said they'd set me free
I left the one who died for me and chose the one who killed for me...

I didn't think it was wrong, but I knew it wasn't right
as we headed out west in the middle of the night
Maniacally high, floating up like a kite
West-side, red light, "East-side!", gunfight
I wish I woulda kept goin' without the car stop-stoppin'
Signs started throwin', gang-bang hip-hoppin'
There was an echo all around of the Glock pop-poppin'
Now I listen to the sound of my teardrops droppin'


In my deepest, darkest place, I was lookin' up above
at my demon and destruction...at my Savior and his love
Each offered me a ladder, they both wanted me to climb
I could see the hurt and pain God felt as the demon won this time...

I knew it wasn't right, but I didn't think it was wrong
as I was dancin' with a woman wearin' a wedding ring and a thong
We partied pretty hard, and we partied all night long
and when the morning came, it was the same sad song
I wish I woulda kept goin' without the car stop-stoppin'
at the boom of the bass and the speakers hip-hoppin'
There was an echo all around of our hips pop-poppin'
Now I listen to the sound of my teardrops droppin'


In my deepest, darkest place, I was swingin' from a rope
toward my demon and despair...toward my Savior and his hope
Each offered me their hand as I was swingin' to and fro
I grabbed hold of true salvation and I never will let go...

I now know the differences between what's wrong and right
I'm now no longer blinded, for my Savior gave me sight
I now can see the images between the dark and light
I'm now no longer alone as I stand ready for this fight
I'm gonna drive on by without the car stop-stoppin'
and the music of my life is the only hip-hoppin'
I hear an echo all around of this keyboard pop-poppin'
because my Savior heard the sound of my teardrops droppin'

 

[rhymarhyma]

my Lord's already there


Immersion...diversion...submersion...conversion...


Immersion of child, to keep safe and secure

innocent, perfect, beautiful and pure

Born free of guilt, free of pride and free of sin

Be free, lovely child, until the world creeps in...


Diversion of perversion, the world's a scary place

and just before you know it, a child's gone without a trace

Nowhere to run, young one, and nowhere to hide

Nothing but a memory of who you were inside...


Submersion of self, into Christ's forgiving love

Wash my pain with the rain, the living water from above

Drowning in God's grace, while breathing in his every word

The song of my salvation is the greatest song I've heard...


Conversion of man back to a child at heart

Yesterday has gone away, each today a brand new start

Though I can't see the future, my past has me aware

I'll no longer fear tomorrow for my Lord's already there...

 

[rhymarhyma]

we are all


When it rains, it pours...and my pain ignores

the healing of the sunshine and the life it restores

Spiritual...mental...emotional wars

in the ocean of my soul, on my heart's deserted shores

My mind strays and explores, my spirit prays as it soars

and like a lion I roar beyond imaginary doors

My pain for his...his pain for yours

for we are all the chosen few that the Lord adores

 

[Fragrant Grace]

I can laugh about it now, and I can write in jest

never did it for the court, but to the Lord I confessed

I went from demon-possessed to Jesus-possessed

and to this very truth I can attest

My sins were forgiven, my weakness addressed

and I didn't have to die for my soul to be at rest

Thank you for sharing this poem @rhymarhyma....such a great testimony
And praise the Lord for is free gift of salvation
We the guilty are free because of His great love

 

[Fragrant Grace]

Submersion of self, into Christ's forgiving love

Wash my pain with the rain, the living water from above

Drowning in God's grace, while breathing in his every word

The song of my salvation is the greatest song I've heard...


Conversion of man back to a child at heart

Yesterday has gone away, each today a brand new start

Though I can't see the future, my past has me aware

I'll no longer fear tomorrow for my Lord's already there...

Yes amen!

Thank you for sharing these wonderful words @rhymarhyma

How wonderful is our Lord's grace and there is no sweeter song than that of His gift of salvation

May the Lord bless you as you testify His love through your poetry

O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 107:1

 

[rhymarhyma]

Thank you for your kind words, kid. I truly appreciate 'em. God is soooo good. I just live it and write it down. From God's whispering lips to my fingertips. No doubt. Have an amazingly beautiful day. Peace. Always, all ways...