Seth Gatchell
THE BYSTANDER
Simon, a bystander, visiting from Cyrene, Watching this spectacle, this cruel and bloody scene. Jesus, this bloodied man carrying a crossbar? Why is this crowd cheering? This scene is so bizarre. Staggering with its weight, drained, he fell on the road, Weakened by loss of blood, collapsed under the load. Roman soldiers grabbed me, to…
THIRSTY
She was ever thirsty, came daily to this well, Her bucket lowered down, a darkness of her hell. And each day she believed, “At last my thirst be quenched.” Sure this water splashing, her heart should now be drenched! Her thirst was much deeper, for deeper connection, To know and to be known, with…
BOOK OF JUDGES
The roller coaster lives we live. Do good, get good? Do bad, get bad? That doesn’t change anybody. We’ll just end up, like hornets, mad. “The good life,” man’s highest pursuit? Fools believe it’s life’s greatest bliss. Angry with God when it ceases. When it returns? Him, we’ll dismiss. Depends on what “the…
BOOK OF NUMBERS
Life is tougher than you imagine. Everything starts with high hopes, But the road is a bumpy one, And along the way come the mopes. You will wonder if you’ve missed your way. Unbelieving, Spoiled, “Why aren’t things better??” Muttering and mumbling, Sputtering and grumbling. Whining and griping, Complaining and sniping.…
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Oh, Independence Day! Blessed Declaration! The law above a king, blessed separation! Inalienable rights, endowed by the Lord God. Truths that we will hold dear. The governed have the nod. And for seven long years, a war of attrition. Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill, Concord and Lexington. Fort Ticonderoga, Trenton and King’s Mountain, Bloody…
AMERICAN HEROES
Monroe, Hancock, Knox, Jay, Franklin and Washington, Benjamin Rush, Sherman, Jefferson, Hamilton. Minutemen, patriots, Swamp Fox, Ticonderoga, Bunker Hill, Tea Party, Yorktown, Saratoga.