The Shell

my out of body experience
has'nt happened yet
i'm still waiting for the moment
when my soul will leave this flesh

i don't want it in an operating room
where for a space my heart will stop beatin
i just want to go to a place 
where life stops repeaten

i don't need an experience
of my soul goin to hell
Jesus is my savior
and i know this very well

but if God should need a prophet
someone His truth to tell
then take my soul to that place
and return it to it's shell

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012



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Date: 7/6/2012 10:54:00 PM
john, this poem is really NEAT. I much enjoyed it tonight . one of the best I've been reading!
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Date: 6/25/2012 1:46:00 PM
I want to thank you so much for your kind words on my writings John Loving iii. I am so far behind on everything including my life away from PoetrySoup. So will you please forgive me if I am not right on top of my comments and thank you's. I am trying. It is a pleasure to read your poetry today as I leave you this thank you. Love and blessings, Carol
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Date: 4/28/2012 12:08:00 PM
It would be wonderful to go to heaven and be able to tell about it. Enjoyed the write. Hope you had a nice birthday. love phyl
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Date: 4/9/2012 8:20:00 AM
Hi John, that sure would be a nice and meaningful way to have an out of body experience...thank you for passing by my poems :)
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Date: 4/8/2012 6:00:00 AM
Good one John..Just to experience heaven and live to tell about it would be great..If for a contest, good luck..Thanks for the review of my work..Down at Savannah could be the paper mill that you are smelling for they give off a terrible odor as does the one in Macon, Brunswick, and Port St. Joe..Some say that it is the swamp that has that odor..Sara
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Date: 4/5/2012 2:52:00 PM
I'm with you, John. The only out of body experience I want is when I go to be with Jesus. I'm glad you liked my poems, "You Know Me Lord" and "Be Still". Thank you for your encouraging comments. Happy Easter and Happy Birthday whenever it is this month. Love, KIm
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