More Than Words: An Original

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Dec 25, 2012
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FIRST LET’S ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
I STAND AS AN ELOQUENT BUFFOON TO PROCLAIM THE RELEVANCE OF THE GROOM
THE TESTAMENT OF HE WHOM OVERCAME ENVELOPMENT IN THE TOMB
FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DOOM
THE WORD DWELT AMONG US IN A WORLD, THAT HAS ABANDONED LOVE FOR LUSTS
A LIVING PORNOGRAPHY OF THE WALKING DEAD,
A WORLD OF FUTILE HOPES AND UNFULFILLED HUNGERS
CAVERNOUS STOMACHS WITH INSATIABLE APPETITES OVERINDULGE WHILE DESIRES OVERFLOW
AND THE DESPERATE GROW
FRUSTRATED DUE TO LACK OF PROPER RESOURCE
COMMITTING HEINOUS ACTS AS A LAST RESORT WITH NO REMORSE OR RECOURSE
DROWNING IN A SEA INFESTED WITH THE DISEASE INFECTED
IT’S HERE WE MEET TEARS AND DEEP FEARS IN THE LAND OF THE LOST DREAM
RUNNING THROUGH NIGHTMARES IN NIKE AIRS WITH NICE HAIR AND SKINNY JEANS
NOT EVEN REALIZING WE’RE LOST AMONG DARKNESS WITH NO VISIBILITY
WE KNEW HIM NOT DUE TO THE INABILITY TO SEE BEYOND OUR OWN REFLECTION
EXPECTING ACCEPTANCE WHILE REJECTING CORRECTION
OUR PROBLEM IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
WE CARRY ON AS IF THE PROBLEM WAS EXTERNAL
IDENTIFYING EVERYONE ELSE’S POLLUTION
LOOKING FOR FINITE SOLUTIONS
THE PROBLEMS OF OUR DEMOCRACY
ARE NOT JUST ABORTION, GAY MARRIAGE, AND THE ECONOMY
IT IS THE SIN FROM WITHIN THAT CAUSES THESE ISSUES TO EXIST
THE PROBLEM IS NOT POLITICAL, SOCIAL, OR CHEMICAL
NOT PSYCHOLOGICAL, THE PROBLEM IS SPIRITUAL
IT IS COMPLETE AND UTTER DEPRAVITY IN OUR INNERMOST PARTS
IT IS THE INTENT AND INSTINCT, THE SINS OF OUR HEARTS
IT LIES BENEATH THE SURFACE OF OUR EPIDERMIS
BENEATH ALL OF OUR BODILY TISSUE
WE HAVE A MUCH MORE PROFOUND ISSUE
SIN IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
IT IS MORE THAN JUST THE IDEA OF BEING SLIGHTLY IMPERFECT
OR MISSING HEAVEN BY A FEW INCHES
IT IS UTTER SEPARATION A FATAL SICKNESS
A CANCER WITH AN AGENDA
A LAW IN OUR MEMBERS ROMANS 7:23
SIN IS REBELLION AN OFFENSIVE AROMA
TO THE CREATOR AND OWNER
SLAVERY IS OUR NATURAL POSITION JOHN 8:34
AND SIN IS A HARSH MASTER
PROMISING FULLNESS WHILE INCREASING THE APPETITE
LEAVING US HUNGRY FOR MORE OF HER TASTE
PUNISHMENT FOR THE GLUTTON
FEEDING FAIRY TALES TO THE FICKLE BRAIN
A CRUEL DICTATOR WITH WHIPS AND CHAINS
RULING THE PLANTATION GRANTING NO FREEDOM FROM THESE DEMONS
YET GOD PURPOSED TO ABOLISH THE DEMONIC AND ON THE CROSS IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED
BRINGING RETRIBUTION THROUGH HIS EXECUTION
RESURRECTING TO BREAK SHACKLES AND RESTORE LIBERTY
GOD’S LIGHT SHINES IN THIS PLACE
ON THE FACE OF SIN’S SLAVE
BRINGING SIGHT TO THE BLIND DERELICT
GENERATING A NEW HERITAGE
OH HIS LIGHT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
IT SHATTERS THE LENSES OF UNFORGIVENESS
AND MAKES US WITNESS TO HIS STUPENDOUS AMENDMENT
BRINGING HOPE TO THE WICKED AND SIGHT TO THE BLIND
AND HE PLACES THIS LIGHT WITHIN ME SO I MUST LET IT SHINE
AS A BEACON OF HIS MAJESTY PEERING THROUGH MY OWN APATHY
ENABLING ME TO DISPLAY CHARITY AS A CASUALTY
OF GRACE
GOD’S GRACE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
BY AN ACT OF COMMON GRACE EVERY ENTITY ENTERED INTO EXISTENCE
BY HIS SAVING GRACE EVERY CHRISTIAN HAS ENTERED INTO FORGIVENESS
GOD’S GRACE IS A MILLION RIVERS DEEPER THAN A BILLION OCEANS NO FRANK
BUT I’M SO FRANK BECAUSE MY SOUL STANK BUT HE SHOWED GRACE
AND DISTANCED ME FROM MY INIQUITY BRINGING DELIVERANCE
WHEN CONCUPISCENCE WAS MY HEART’S INTENT HE RECOMPENSED
IN BLOOD I WAS DRENCHED AND DRAWN TO REPENTANCE
THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
OUR STORY COMMENCES AT THE CONCLUSION; LAST DETAIL MADE FIRST
WE FIND OUR BEGINNING AT THE ENDING RESTING ON FINISHED WORK
CONSEQUENTLY PLACING CONFIDENCE IN THREE WORDS UTTERED FROM BRUISED LIPS
SECONDS AWAY FROM DEATHS BRUTAL KISS
BROW MANGLED BY THORNS IMPALING TISSUE
BLOOD CAKED ON FACE LIKE MAYBELLINE TO A KARDASHIAN
HE MURMURS, “IT IS FINISHED.”
SPEECH SLURRED, BODY TORN; WEARY AND WORN, REJECTED AND SCORNED
CRUSHED WAS HE FOR THE INIQUITY OF HIS ENEMIES
THROUGH DISCOLORED CHEEKS HE SPEAKS,” FATHER FORGIVE THEM,”
THIS WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
I HANG MY HOPE ON HIS IMMORTAL VERBS
THE WORD MADE FLESH
WAS MADE TO TASTE DEATH
FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE, HE CHOSE TO BEAR MY DISGRACE AS I WASTE BREATH
HOW COULD I BE RESISTANT TO A LOVE THAT SO PERSISTENT AND CONSISTENT?
HIS LOVE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
MORE THAN LANGUAGE CAN APPROPRIATELY ARTICULATE
IT IS THE ATTRIBUTE THAT EVERY ANIMATE ORGANISM ANTICIPATES
THE ASPECT OF GOD WE AWAIT WITH ALL ANXIOUSNESS TO ASCERTAIN
IT IS THE MOST PRODIGIOUS PHENOMENON PERMEATING THE ENTIRETY OF CREATION TOO PROFOUND TO BE ADEQUATELY EXPLAINED
LOVE PROLIFERATED FROM THE WRISTS PERFORATED BY IRON NAILS PIERCED TO A ROMAN CROSS
OUR PROGENITOR MINISTERED LOVE TO THE SINISTER IN A RIVER OF BLOOD

OH, HIS SACRIFICE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
IT IS THE ZENITH OF HUMAN HISTORY
THE APEX OF THE AGES, THE CLIMAX OF CREATION’S CHRONICLE
THE DIVINE DESCENDED DETERMINED TO UNDERGO DESPAIR
TO EMANCIPATE HIS ENEMIES TO UNITE US AS HEIRS
HIS ADOPTION IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
FROM ADVERSARY TO ALLY, ANTAGONIST TO AFFILIATE
FROM IGNORANT TO GOD’S GLORY TO DIVINELY LITERATE
HE HAS BROUGHT THOSE WHO WERE SINNERS TO SAINTHOOD
FROM FOSTER TO FAMILY A FATHER ROMANS 8:15 TO THE PARENTLESS
COHEIRS OF ROYALTY INTACT WITH INHERITANCE
GOD’S FORGIVENESS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
YET WE UNDERSTAND IT IN IMPROPER TERMS
AS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST EARN
OR ALREADY DESERVE
WHEN THE TRUTH IS GOD’S FORGIVENESS EXTENDS
AT CHRIST’S EXPENSES
A PENALTY PAID ONSE WITH NO END
HIS TRUTH IS SO MUCH THAN WORDS MY FRIENDS
THAT’S WHY I SHARE THESE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
TRUTH IS NOT DEPENDENT UPON THE APPROVAL OF WIKIPEDIA OR GOOGLE
ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS DETERMIND BY THE ONLY ABSOLUTE
WHO MAKES THE COMPLEXITIES OF PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS
LOOK LIKE DR. SEUSS
ONE FISH, TWO FISH, GOD CREATES NEW FISH
I DO NOT LIKE THE PRIDE OF MAN I DON NOT LIKE IT SAID I AM
NURSERY SCHEMES IS THE WISDOM OF MAN BY SHEER COMPARISON TO GOD’S EXPRESS TRUTH IN CHRIST
TRUTH IS A PERSON, LOVE IS A PERSON, LIFE IS A PERSON, SALVATION IS A PERSON
SALVATION IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
OCCURRING IN THREE TENSES
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE FORGIVENESS
JUSTIFIED, SANCTIFIED, AND GLORIFIED THROUGH ONE NAME
YESHUA HA MASCHIACH, JESUS THE MESSIAH IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
HE IS THE WAY, TRUTH, AND LIFE OF JOHN 14:6
THE LAMB OF GOD OF JOHN 1:36 THAT TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD
THE ONLY NAME GIVEN UNDER HEAVEN WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED ACTS 4:12
THE ONLY ONE TO DEFEAT THE GRAVE
THE LET THERE BE OF GENESIS 1
THE ONE THE GOSPELS PROCLAIM AS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON
THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF GOD WRITTEN IN HEBREWS 1
OH THIS POEM IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
WORDS ARE WORTH MORE THAN WORDS BECAUSE THE WORD GAVE LIFE TO THE WORLD BY WORDS
SO BY ABSTRACT ARRANGEMENTS OF THE ALPHABET WORDS ARE CONNECTED TO CONCRETE CONCEPTS
WORDS ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN BREATH
WE SOW LIFE BY THE SPIRIT BECAUSE THE SOUL IS MORE THAN FLESH
BUT IF WE SOW TO FLESH WE SOW MORE TO DEATH
LIKE A MISCHIEVOUS KID POKING AT A HORNETS NEST
THIS POEM IS NO MORE OR LESS WORDS TO BLESS
BUT THE LORD IS BLESSED AND BY THE LORD’S REQUEST
OUR SOULS ARE DRESSED IN THE ROBES OF THE JUST
BUT IT’S ALL IN JEST AN INJUSTICE TO THE JUSTIFIER
IF THIS IS NO MORE THAN WORDS JUST A BUNCH OF VOCABULARY
BETWEEN BELIEVERS TO LOOK GOOD AMONG EACH OTHER
WITH NO LOVE FOR OUR BROTHERS AND NO HOPE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS
JUST EMPTY EXPRESSIONS WITHOUT EXPRESSING TRUE HOPE IN THE SAVIOR
SO IF WE MUST SPEAK IT HAS TO BE SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS
LET THE PROCLAMATION BE A REPRESENTATION OF THE REALITY
BECAUSE WE CAN SPEAK TRUTH TO THE LOST AND IT JUST BE WORDS
AND WE CAN FEED THE HUNGRY AND IT JUST BE WORKS
IF I GIVE AWAY ALL I HAVE, AND IF I DELIVER UP MY BODY TO BE BURNED, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I GAIN NOTHING
THIS POEM CONTAINS 1,351 WORDS, 155 LINES, AND 7,502 CHARACTERS
PLEASE DON’T LET THIS POEM END AS NOTHING MORE THAN WORDS