J.M.J.
J.M.J.
A FORWARD GLANCE
PLAGUES AND DISASTERS OF THIS WORLD WILL INCREASE
UNTIL MAN LEARNS TO WORSHIP AND PRAISE GOD ON HIS KNEES.
NO ONE FROM THIS TRAGEDY WILL BE EXEMPT
UNLESS FOR THEIR SINS THEY HAVE LEARNED TO REPENT.
YOUR CASUALTIES HAVE UNTIL NOW BEEN MINUTE;
MANKIND IS NOT YET BY FAR DESTITUTE.
ALL YOU HAVE WITNESSED FROM THE PAST UNTIL NOW
HAS NOT EVEN BROKEN A SWEAT ON YOUR BROW.
THE RIVERS, DRY LAND AGAIN WILL INVADE;
THE SUN WILL BURN HOTTER LEAVING NO SHADE.
YOU WILL FEEL THE PULSE FROM THE CORE OF EACH QUAKE
BECAUSE SO MANY CHILDREN MY SON STILL FORSAKE.
YOUR EYES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE ONE SINGLE NAME
OF A CITY OR TOWN THAT ONCE FLOURISHED IN FAME.
ASHES WILL SMOLDER NEATH THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET
AS FOR MAGGOTS YOU’LL SCRAMBLE HAVING NOTHING TO EAT.
THE WINDS WILL TOPPLE ALL THAT IS IN SIGHT
INCLUDING THOSE FLEEING IN PANIC FROM FRIGHT.
THE LIVING WILL ENVY ALL THOSE WHO WILL DIE
FOR THE DEAD WILL NO LONGER SHARE THEIR TEARS WHEN YOU CRY.
THE RUBBLE OF THE LAND YOU’LL SHARE
UNTIL MANKIND BECOMES AWARE
THAT ALL THEY HAD FROM GOD HATH COME,
BUT UNTIL THEN YOU’LL SHARE YOUR MANMADE SLUM.
WHEN MANKIND CHOSE TO TAKE CONTROL
BECOMING MASTERS OF THEIR SOUL,
THEY ETCHED THEIR FINAL EPITAPH
THAT LED THEM TO THIS BARREN PATH.
THE DAY WILL COME WHEN ALL WILL SEE
WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THIS TRAGEDY.
YOU’LL SHARE THE DEPTHS OF YOUR OWN SOUL
WITH GOD WHO ALL LIFE DOES CONTROL.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
4-4-1997