The life I live
Romans 7:24-25
24 Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh, I serve the law of sin.
Life I live
Photographic memory for the sins I have
never seem to have trouble to remember them.
Don’t have to invent new ones on the run
for they come automatically from a supply that never ends.
Suckered into loneliness in the middle of a crowd
with noises all around me in the stillness of the night
Many screams are muffled by the cause of desperation
bouncing off the walls of indifference inside.
Selective hearing now in place grabbing what I want to know
Other people’s misery I let slip down the drain.
I know I am all wet from the showers of blessing
still, I have nothing to give in my hunger for selfish gain.
Embarrassing my estate but I hide it well from others.
All they see is the glitter of my diamond-like appeal.
Yes it is a marvel that I have so many facets
but the life I live ... is far from the real.
Jan Wienen