Flesh ... satire

John 6:63 New King James Version (NKJV)

63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

 

Flesh … Satire

 

Driving on the highway of my own confusion

Leaving behind the signs of my hidden fears

Writing some chapters of complete conclusions

About wasted time invested in self down here

 

Unbelievable distractions framed in ignorance

Explanations carved in a complete misunderstanding

Hanging on the walls of solemn indifference

Proclaiming a life-style that by far is underhanded

 

The flag of insensitivity now raised to half-mast

Everyone who sees it must convince that I care

No one will remember my iniquities of the past

As my little show goes on appearing kind of fair

 

Long live the artificial as that is my middle name

Shining on the outside but inside rotten to the core

Come and join the club since all seem to be the same

The party is just starting as we pray for more and …

 

Jan Wienen

 

This poem is about: 
Me
My country
Our world

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