Sin's Poetry

Mmmm. 

Isn’t it enticing?

This platter before me

It spills with my utmost desires

anything I could dream

where all I can see is me

and it’s appetizing

glory and pleasure instantly

drawing me sweetly

seductively it lures me

oh just a taste

"all for you” 

and I lean closer

may no one else stand in the way

hanging over, mouth watering

before I know it my teeth sink in

chewing viciously

so delectable and satisfying

growing the monster

of insatiable craving

then the bomb hits

there is a pounding in my chest

as I feel the toxicity of my indulgences

seeping deeply within

making living waters murky

darkening the meadows

and hardening the bed

where The Lamb lays His head

embedding its deadly roots

choking out beauty

and caging the curse in

Sin’s appetite will not relent

though poison

I seek it again

frantically chasing, running and racing

to feel full again

though I eat and I eat

the more hollow I feel

till weak and frail 

I crawl back again

and again

and again

But there is nothing left within

but vast spaces of destruction

stale silence, abandoned shadows

loneliness whispering its lullaby in the wind

face plastered to the ground

desperation released in deep groans

this empire I’ve built is jaded

it’s streets are filled with thieves

my adulturous heart

has betrayed thee with a kiss

no Judas could not come close to  this 

12 pieces?

I traded you for less

your prodigal daughter

thrown at your feet

Please Lord have mercy on me

crush these bones

where death and darkness abide

may I lay this broken life before you

And may love still remain in your eyes

Oh so gentle you are

blood wiping this dingy bride clean

embracing me tightly 

until this writhing body stops

and concedes

to your compassion

grace burning hot beneath my skin

why? I cry

Did it take so long to let you back in

but wait

You celebrate this?

my pain then melts to peace

and my blinded eyes now see

that my savior is not an actor

but an author and rapper

spitting rhymes flows and melodies

to pull me in a little faster

taking my trash and turning it to His treasure

saturating me in the beats of heart

and waking me to his wonder

oh Jesus

Your goodness watching over me

putting death to sin’s poetry