Something You Oughta Know


Dogs barking loud,
sirens blaring, 
barreling down the street
Arguments are catching steam,
as confusion breaks forth everywhere
Locomotive disagreements,
everybody got an opinion tonight
Facts are being kept from the public,
crisis is high-wire balancing on razor-thin innuendo
Did they or didn’t they
shoot that little girl dead?
How could they, why would they
put a stray bullet in her head?
Authorities ain’t telling the public 
what they know
Every minute the rumor windmill 
spinning grows
Five years of innocence
caught in the cross hairs of a blood feud
Tempers flared,
hot lead filled the air
And a young child lies lifeless on the stairs
Had her favorite doll in her hand,
with a smile frozen on her face
She died oblivious to the noise,
children are always captivated by their toys
Arguments are now about who’s to blame,
it doesn’t matter much,
the fatal results aren’t gonna change
But here’s something      you      oughta      know ...
she had an innocent thought in her heart,
when her 
                spirit 
                          departed 
                                          out the shattered window
But here’s another thing you oughta know ...
God retrieves every spirit, however what manner they go
But here’s one more thing you oughta know ...
God will give a new body to every reborn soul
But here’s something      you      oughta      know ...
Resurrection testifies that God is capable

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 5/19/2017 2:49:00 PM
Your words cling to the reality that has been brought to your existence with a firm grip, unmasking the faces of the religious hypocrites that preach God's words without understanding or adhering to the message they contain. Your words burn onto the page and the reader feels a rise in pulse. A stinging review of a world gone mad. Emile #7
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Date: 5/19/2017 7:55:00 AM
However awful, you emphasized it by the way you shaped your words. And at the end of that all you have a hopeful message. SOmetimes it is so hard to see beyond the pain.
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