Bring the Line Back

The line has blurred
I cannot see
Right from wrong:
Where should I be?

I tell a lie
To help a friend
Vice or virtue?
It all depends.

I slept with him,
To gain his love
Vice or virtue?
Is it enough?

It had to go;
I wasn't ready--
Vice or virtue?
Pain grows steadily.

Bring the line back
So I can see
Right from wrong
Where I should be.

Untitled poem

We were in bliss
Until that moment
When I looked into your eyes
And saw betrayal.
I thought you were the one
That you were someone
I could believe in,
One I could trust.
It was all just a lie,
An impending doom
Of disappointment.
We were in bliss
Until you opened your eyes.

Some thoughts on revenge and The Count of Monte Cristo

Have you ever done something that you know is wrong but convince yourself that it's alright? (I bet your feeling guilty right now.) We've all done it. Maybe it doesn't seem that bad. It won't hurt anyone right? Or maybe you just have to do it or else everything will fall apart. How desperate do we have to get? 

I can't tell you how many times I've just let hurt or wrong done to me stay in the back of my mind. I'd conjure it back into my mind again and again, hoping that somehow I could deliver the justice that I so longed for. 

Edmond Dantes, in The Count of Monte Cristo, sets out to exact revenge on all his enemies after they dealt out injustice to him. He devotes more than half of his life to ruin those who imprisoned him and kept him from marrying his love. Yet in all of this, he does not account for his love for Mercedes to change his plans. Also we see Count Morcef (also known as  Fernand) being exposed for his crimes. As Alexander Dumas so quaintly stated      "Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart"(The Count of Monte Cristo). 

We all may hide but come to find that in hiding, the wrong just festers, burrowing deep into our souls. Those choices we make can cause 

Ruhammah

I wrote this poem after reading from Hosea.

 Hosea 2:1 “In that day you will call your brothers Ammi—‘My people.’ And you will call your sisters Ruhamah—‘The ones I love.’ 

It just reminded me of how much Jesus has done for me and that he calls me daughter. Do I even pay attention to things of him as I should? Would I listen to his voice? It's very convicting for me and I hope it strikes a chord in your life.

           Ruhammah

He called me out of darkness

From my chains he set me free.

His love is like none other

Washing gently over me.

Ruhammah-- "the ones I love."

The name he gives his children.

Do you hear his voice calling?

Will you even stop to listen?

Bible verse comes from BibleGateway.com/NLT