Randy Johnson Poet Rhyme

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A losing stratagem I adopted in my late teens and early twenties. It sounds good but wayward stars are not reliable guides (i.e., no fixed reference). The light will eventually go out, and it WILL leave a scar.

God’s primary cure for mankind is to cure our waywardness (i.e., going one’s own way rather than God’s way) (Proverbs 1:32-33; Isaiah 53:5-6; Hebrews 5:2).

Wayward Stars

A new light has befallen me
And eclipsed a part of my past
My fears were quelled so quietly
By heavenly eyes she cast

Her gaze was so entrancing
Her smile so warm and bright
She sent my senses dancing
Like a flame of candlelight

Am I a fool to love a star
That distracts me from my ways
Or just afraid of an ugly scar
Left painful in younger days

For once I shall not shade this light
Nor will I hear the thunder
Of distant storms that sometimes might
Return to make me wonder

No, I shall open up my heart
Like a flower she has nurtured
To refrain from playing a silly part
That always leaves me tortured

And when this light is gone elsewhere
It will not leave a scar
For new light is always there
Just look for another star

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