Conflict Resolution
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Across the rows, across the aisles
I look at you, you look at me
Unspoken, yet I can’t deny
It’s there, but should not be
Oh what a silly man I am
To think that I could sing
An aubade to a time long past
And resurrect the spring
We want most what we can’t have
And we may never get
It’s been that way since Adam strayed
And took the bite of death
Audacious heart in me you live
And to me shrewdly say,
"You only come this way but once,
So catch and seize the day!”
My spirit groans, my conscience knows
Full well my heart does lie
But then that heart in rebel clothes
Commands my spirit: “Die!”
Now in our flesh dwells no good thing
The Bible does impart
And Wisdom also teaches us
The fool trusts in his heart
To be enticed is not to sin
For often we are tried
But what one does when trial comes
Reveals who reigns inside
Yet there is help to cure the plight
It does not come from man
No human strength can win the fight
Against the evil plan
The One Who is omnipotent
The One Who died in shame
I rest my case on what He did
And call His mighty name
In Christ and Christ alone I trust
To gain the victory
Against my unrelenting foe
The trifold enemy
Copyright © Andrew Baffi | Year Posted 2020
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