Forgive My Brevity

Thousands and thousands are dying from a killer virus

All the while our politicians are stalling and lying to us

They debate, throwing around vitriolic hate

Thinking that masks are up to the task

Of protecting the perpetually paranoid, like it’s all no big fuss

Jobs, homes, farms, shops - all gone - even the dogs can’t get a bone

The cities burn while people worship violence in the street

Bowing at the sin-stained feet of humanity - Oh, the vanity!

All-the-while forgetting the one who created humanity - and gave this world gravity

Forgive me of my brevity - But all this smacks of society’s insanity

It’s an eternal calamity – demon inspired sinful iniquity

From shore to shore, thousands crowd the stores

They fight tooth and nail – for things that rot, rust and fail

Blood in the isles – lives sacrificed to Mammon’s wiles

Greed perpetually pouring out of their overwhelmed pores

Wanting more and more and more

Consumer whores that endlessly walk the malls

As neon lights flicker seductively in the night

All-the-while forgetting the Great I AM – He who was before Abraham

Forgive me of my brevity - But all this smacks of society’s profanity

The dopamine addict’s predilection for lit up screens - devours their senses

 Active amongst the shadows they live amidst false pretences

Connected to an ether driven hive – they thrive

As they strive for that next high

While others sit and cry – wishing that they could die

As the bitter hate aims to seal their fate

Day after day – night after night – filling graves

All because others felt brave behind their silicon chip might

All-the-while forgetting Yeshua’s name – the one who died to wash away your every shame

Forgive me of my brevity - But all this smacks of society’s depravity

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