Pride and Anger
IONAH : PART TWO
(PRIDE AND ANGER.)
PRIDE AND ANGER WEIGHING ME DOWN
CLOSING MY EYES AND OUTSTRETCHED MY ARMS
SLOWLY SINKING INTO THE ABYSS
DOWN TO THE DARKNESS WHERE I WOULD NOT BE SEEN
WAITING CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR ME
A FISH, LEVIATHAN OF THE DEPTHS
SWALLOWED ME DOWN IN ONE MASSIVE GULP
THERE I LANGUISHED IN ITS BELLY PULP.
I BREATHE ,I PONDER AND MEDITATE
WONDERING AND CONSCIOUS EATING FISH
CONCENTRATING HARD ON MY IMMEDIATE FATE
HOW LONG WOULD I BE SERVED THIS HUMBLING DISH.
CRYING OUT TO MY GOD FOR HELP
REPENTING OF MY FOOLISH PRIDE
READY TO DO WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED
I SAW THE LIGHT AND THE WAY.
APMCINTYRE 2012.
Copyright © Andrew Mcintyre | Year Posted 2016
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