Pastor Seth’s Poems and Musings

Disgust

07/21/2021

In the streets, lots of rage And cultural disgust. But selective outrage Makes our hearing mistrust.   Humility may help us, Looking in a mirror. Listening and learning May help us see this clearer.

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Building

07/21/2021

The greatest things of life don’t suddenly “appear.” Most of them you must build, through your blood, sweat and tears. There’s no place for short cuts, or just getting by, Diligent endurance you will need to apply.   In building a marriage or a newfound career, Your business, finances, or a brand new frontier, Building…

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Destruction

07/21/2021

What it takes a lifetime to build Can be destroyed overnight. A marriage and kids torn apart A business firebombed at night.   “Tear it down, this vile thing!” (You’ve joined the tide of evil). “Grab your torch! Burn it down!” (You’re running with the devil).   Any fool can destroy. There is no virtue…

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The New World Order???

07/21/2021

This?! The new world order? On ashes that smolder? Portland? This is the way? This destruction? Okay?

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Sadness

07/21/2021

Sadness stops you in the way. Is this what has to be? Sadness stuns you. Clouds turn gray. A fool’s paradise, we?   Sadness loves to sing the blues. Soft notes, tears, an interlude. Is this the road that we did choose? Quiet, and disquietude.

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Be Careful What You Ask For

07/21/2021

“Be careful what you ask for,” So said mother to her son. “But mom, I know what I need!” (Mom hoped he’d want wisdom).   But wisdom did not drive him, Desires and passions instead. He married “beauty” and folly, Now, his misery widespread.   A nation follows ideas. Ideology, the mainspring. When ideas have…

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