Matthew 5:39 New English Translation

39 But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

 

Today is not an exception. My mind is already cluttered

The world has a grasp on me in the middle of the night

I wanted to start fresh today, but my flesh constantly mutters

About injustice and the rest that is attacking with full might

 

I guess it is the money that seems to wreck my brain

Some of what I deposited early last month in the bank

I did not get credit for it and time and time again

I got notices of being overdrawn, and that got me outflanked

 

I’ve got a pretty good idea what possibly had happened

Someone I pitied for was in the middle of this plot

It should not make a difference, for pity should not flatter

For what one does in their despair for that is known to God

 

Forgive, forget, and go on. It can’t be that important

The sickness that another has also seemed in my veins

Start a new and clean the slate of others who, in that instance

That is what The Lord would do in my life with everything

 

Peace, Oh! Peace, now settle down. I need that one dimension

That lifts me and sets me down in the presence of my life

That gift of God, that special way that satisfies my hunger

That righteousness in flight will bring as my life loses al strife

 

Purple skies and dresses in black, a dying need to live

Loneliness in a crowd, silence engulfed in noise

Looking deep inside of me and search for what to give

Removing all from empty shelves to let others make a choice

 

Jan Wienen