Best Go Up Poems
Buildings go up
Trees come down
Country living
Becomes a town.
Wildlife vanishes
Streets appear
The destruction of yesterday
Draws quickly near.
Lights are abundant
Stars are no more
The horizon is hidden
Behind constructions decor.
Greed runs wild
Where nature walks
Silence is golden
But money talks.
Farms erased
Corporations written
The beauty of our land
No longer smitten.
Fresh air shrinks
Pollution expands
Across this vast country
Litter stands.
Liquor stores go up
Wetlands come down
In human stupor
Nature drowns
Who will lead the charge,
be the first to go up?
Who will be the one who will start
to spread courage
throughout the camp of the host?
All of the faithful know
that the battle is the LORD’s
But we were chosen to be vessels
to witness and glorify
And should it be on this sacred altar of praise,
perhaps to fall on the battlefield and die
Who will be the first one to go up,
to engage the enemy without fear?
God is on the side of His righteous people,
therefore, holy must we remain
So that our soul won’t be counted among the slain
Who will lead the charge,
who will go up first?
Who will leave the wounded last,
who will give drink to their thirst?
Save us, as in times past,
O my God ...
save us with a mighty thunder burst
In the midst of the howling wind,
let it be me who honor thee
Let it be me first
to willingly up
go
Please don’t crowd about
While I shout about
To be loud about
What I’m proud about
When you see me go
In my tuxedo
To my gazebo
Atop Mt Ego
You aren’t permitted
Just I’m admitted
Since I’m best fitted
And most committed
To begin my quest
Because I am blessed
Having passed the test
To ascend the crest
So please stand behind
And form a nice line
The views are all fine
Of all that is mine
And that may sound bold
Or so I am told
Until you behold
Me adorned in gold
When I’ve completed
I will be greeted
And then be seated
Beside the conceited
And since I’m unique
I’ll get what I seek
When I reach the peak
Of Mt Ego this week
you gotta join in the struggle for the ill-gotten gains
of the movers and the shakers on the streets Wall and Main
we will take what we are due like the Sioux we'll count coup
on the heads of the masters and their double-talkin pastors
on the bankers and their chumps and the phonies on the stumps
on the bosses in their offas and the supers in the sweats
no more settlin for the scraps at the foot of the table
no more truck-wide income gaps ablin biddies to wear sable
at the time that we have won they will know that they are done
and we'll be sittin pretty like Scarface own the city
and the ones who called us chums they'll be fightin for our crumbs
wonderin how the heck that happened while they're suckin on their thumbs
(chorus)
first restitution
then redistribution
sweet retribution
if we don't stick together like those birds of a feather
we will never take our place on the seat of the throne
where who you want you can punish and the rest throw a bone
February 18 Scripture Meditations Based on Judges 1-4
Key Verse – Judges 1:2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR PROPELLING ME TO GO UP TO YOUR WILL
Thank You for propelling me to go up to Your will’s holiness…
There You set me upon Your righteousness
For me to fight against sinfulness
By Your salvation’s firm steadfastness.
Thank You for propelling me to go up to Your will’s motive…
There You reveal to me Your heavenly directive
For me to focus on divine aim against vain objective
By Your eternity’s enduring incentive.
Thank You for propelling me to go up to Your will’s standard…
There You drive me toward Your uprightness-yard
For me to stand against faith-hazard
By Your strength’s triumphant guard.
Thank You for propelling me to go up to Your will’s settlement…
There You bless me and my devotion’s achievement
For me to draw near You against worldly enticement
By Your compassion’s miraculous accomplishment.
Thank You for propelling me to go up to Your will’s height…
There You enclose me around Your fortress day and night
For me to win against temptation-blight
By Your mercy’s conquering might.
Thank You for propelling me to go up to Your will’s jubilation…
There You cheer me up by Your exhortation
For me to trust You always against doubt-ammunition
By Your promises’ trustworthy function.
February 18, 2022
We”ll Go Up
As we look on high
Seeking life everlasting
Crying out to God
Who is there for the asking.
Oh God we cry
Save us from here
Where no pain is known
There’s no reason to fear.
We will suffer no more
In despair or defeat
No tears will we cry
No mistakes to repeat.
( CHORUS)
As we go to Our God
With arms open wide
He”ll gather us up
To the heavens divine
He”ll soothe all our cares
Oh devil be aware
Up we go to the King.
Cum ma lat-ta
Le ma lot tad a ta la
Cum ma lat-ta
Le ma lot tad a ta la
Cum ma lat-ta
Le ma lot tad a ta la
I’ve been a sinner now straight out of the birth canal;
Simple evil from my parents bows;
Rejected, conflicted hopelessly convicted;
Just some flesh running wild;
I wanna be found not lost, don’t wanna be lost and found;
It’s to close for comfort;
Don’t wanna miss out on this bus;
My fare been paid in full;
I don’t wanna be late, got my bags packed;’
Cum ma lat-ta
Le ma lot tad a ta la
Cum ma lat-ta
Le ma lot tad a ta la
Cum ma lat-ta
Le ma lot tad a ta la
Rejected, conflicted hopelessly convicted;
Just some flesh running wild;
I wanna be found not lost, don’t wanna be lost and found;
There ain’t no buses or trains that go up into heaven?
6/24/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018
Go up
Go further
Go dying
As a murder
Go deep
Go better
Feel the wave
Getting theta
So bright
Is insight
Be the sun
And finally
burn
Go up
Go further
Go dying
As a murder
Go deep
Go better
Feel the wave
Getting theta
So bright
Is insight
Be the sun
And finally
burn