Cain & Able
Brothers
Oh my brother what have I done?
The time is near and I know He will come.
Not a steer, goat or lamb have I slain
Now how great is my shame!
What can I say what will He do
When He finds out my sacrifice was you?
My offering was good but yours better
He accepted from one but not the later.
Was fault in the given or the giver
Much toil and pain did I deliver
While yours was only herding the stock
Should I have stolen from your flock?
Here He comes I know He’s on the wind.
Should I hide, like my father, to cover my sin?
For eating the fruit great did he pay
Do you think in the garden I will lay?
I hide my face not bearing to look
Because my brother’s life I took.
Forgive me my Lord I know not what to do
Great was my sorrow when not received by You.
For an offering by You was asked
Not a sacrifice as Able is now given
From hate and envy the cups I drank
Falling forever so deeply I sank!
My life is spared though why I know not
Placing a mark on my head for all to spot
For my protection and all to see
Cain is a killer cast out must he be.
East of Eden is where I now go
With only my sin and a sign to show.
That Able is in heaven accepted again!
Two sacrifices made I of blood and grain.
The serpent is with me a treacherous snake
Faulting both the given and giver whose life ready to take.
Judas is the only one else to know
In killing a brother there’s nowhere to go.
Copyright © Rick Magee | Year Posted 2009
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