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The Big Screen

 

Got my bags packed: On my way,

the last five were pulled today.

Getting stiff, getting dizzy-

Stomach-shrinking from

tolerating the intolerable.

 

On my way to the big screen

No turning back, no detours.

Got my bags packed...not getting

off the train until I reach

“Re-play your life Avenue".

 

I knew it.... she got it twisted,

I was not in that picture,

never played that scene...

God will prove it on the big screen...

 

“I hate when people use you

as an extra, after the fact” ...

Then add you to bit parts

That you’ve never played.

Give you roles in which you

were never featured.

 

I was not in that picture, had no part in it.

Never played, nor practiced that scene...

I will see it on the big screen!

 

They said I said those words;

Stuff that I never even heard.!

Scripts I never, recited nor rehearsed.

“They’ll put words in your mouth”

the ole' folks would say.

 

There will be no more hearsay

No ad-lib

"We shall see said the blind man" –

because I am on my way

to the big theater in the sky...

My Creator with the remote;

Navigating through the footage

Of my life and time.

 

I am on my way to the

big theater in the sky...

“Oh, we shall see indeed”.

“That was not my deed”.

I am on my way to the big

theater in the sky...

“To view the Big Screen”

Revealing the whole scene.

As I sit in the front row

There you will find me:

Reviewing the:

“Re-play” of my Life.

The Big Screen Got my bags packed: On my way, the last five were pulled today. Getting stiff, getting dizzy- Stomach-shrinking from tolerating the intolerable. On my way to the big screen No turning back, no detours. Got my bags packed...not getting off the train until I reach “Re-play your life Avenue". I knew it.... she got it twisted, I was not in that picture, never played that scene... God will prove it on the big screen... “I hate when people use you as an extra, after the fact” ... Then add you to bit parts That you’ve never played. Give you roles in which you were never featured. I was not in that picture, had no part in it. Never played, nor practiced that scene... I will see it on the big screen! They said I said those words; Stuff that I never even heard.! Scripts I never, recited nor rehearsed. “They’ll put words in your mouth” the ole' folks would say. There will be no more hearsay No ad-lib "We shall see said the blind man" – because I am on my way to the big theater in the sky... My Creator with the remote; Navigating through the footage Of my life and time. I am on my way to the big theater in the sky... “Oh, we shall see indeed”. “That was not my deed”. I am on my way to the big theater in the sky... “To view the Big Screen” Revealing the whole scene. As I sit in the front row There you will find me: Reviewing the: “Re-play” of my Life.

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