1 John 2:15-16 

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world,

the love of the Father is not in him, 16 because all that is in the world

(the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced

by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.

 

Fading vision

 

If in my flesh dwells no good ... it must be dead indeed

So anything attached to it ... has no way of surviving

To survive you need some life ... and that is not understood

Yes a world in love with flesh ... is built around knifing

 

An extension of death is hell ... where “the worm dies not”

So somewhere on death ... a multitude is feeding

So does death bring life ... to other forms in existence?

And if that is so ... is my death feeding the needy?

 

Now if the spirit is dead ... and never shows a ray of light

Are there some forms of life ... on it constantly feeding?

Somehow there must be something ... that really does attract

The everlasting entities ... that in rottenness are needing

 

Even in everlasting darkness ... seems to be some light

In the beginning of its existence ... otherwise darkness is not right

So nowhere is there an excuse ... that can be brought forward

For exposure was in every facet ... in our continuous plight

 

Stone by stone we built excuses ... one by one thrown in a pile

We convince others of their beauty ... by hiding all forms of decay

Somehow we like the appearance ... even though the stones are vile

It is not hard to get an audience ... for all build similar piles that way

 

In the stillness of the night ... the only deafening sound I hear

Seems the reminder of my conscience ... a fading vision of Eternal

All my desires in the making ... seem to gear to the temporal

And these like to overpower ... that nothing worthwhile is here

 

Jan Wienen