The word went forth
with a holy wind-----blew in
but broke off-----suddenly—
the very mouth-----charged to proclaim
clammed shut-----fallen
asleep-----dead to the world
ears-----deaf to the singing—
hard-hearted-----paying only
lip service-----to the thirsty
turned back from the waters.
Forsaken-----instead
they were made
to bed down-----in briers and thorns
suffer for a season
at the hands of the wicked.
2. Praise
In time-----another came
God-sent-----to witness
Truth-teller-----pronouncing sentence
while the Word teemed-----raining into
silences-----re-sounding aloud
with a gasping-----mouth
the earth cracked-----open
and the land began
to breathe-----again.
The people rejoiced
ate and drank and-----came
to know God
with a full heart
they went forth-----praising.
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