The World To End December 21, 2012
The World To End December 21, 2012
By Elton Camp
The Mayas, for wisdom, are unsurpassed
To the superstitious, what a great contrast
God of nature they worshipped so faithfully
Gods of rain, rainbow, corn & sun they see
Lest they help, a failure would be every crop
From starvation, into death they would drop
They buried their dead underneath the floor
So they could talk to them as done before
Demons from the Place of Awe they fear
Did ceremonies so they wouldn’t come near
The powerful priests didn’t act very nice
Why, they even decided who to sacrifice
Frightening masks they always wore
So demons would fear them and abhor
To look into mirrors they seldom did dare
Monsters from Awe could drag them there
A minor problem had their calendar, though
Because about leap year they didn’t know
So for a people so informed and so wise
To know the end wouldn’t be a surprise
Jesus’ words must be ignored, though
“The day and hour you will not know”
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