Best Laxity Poems
September 5 Scripture Meditations Based on Zechariah 1-8
Key Verse – Zechariah 1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR DEALING WITH ME BY YOUR LOVE
Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s compassionate ways
Despite my sinfulness against Your holy praise
Along my indulgence toward worldly plays…
Please forgive me of my iniquities through Your sanctification-grace.
Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s constant mercy
Despite my unfaithfulness against Your helpful consistency
Along my laxity toward slothful complacency…
Please pardon me of my indolence through Your conversion-clemency.
Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s disciplining chastisement
Despite my rebelliousness against Your serene encouragement
Along my stubbornness toward wayward impairment…
Please correct me of my disobedience through Your admonition-involvement.
Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s delightful pleasure
Despite my unmindfulness against Your offered fellowship’s treasure
Along my preference toward humanistic leisure…
Please transform me from my apathy through Your kindness-pressure.
Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s guiding wisdom
Despite my foolishness against Your heavenly kingdom
Along my ignorance toward doubt-filled boredom…
Please unchain me from my selfishness through Your Bible truth-freedom.
Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s gentle care
Despite my hardheadedness against Your watchful stare
Along my backsliding toward destructive nightmare…
Please pull me from my downfall through Your might-welfare.
Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s supreme authority
Despite my haughtiness against Your dominion’s authority
Along my hypocrisy toward futile vanity…
Please deliver me from arrogance through Your leadership-majesty.
September 5, 2022
Categories:
laxity, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
May 12 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 60-62
Key Verse – Psalm 62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR RENDERING TO ME ACCORDING TO MY WORK
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s diligence
Ever regarding my earnest obedience
While forgiving my impudence and impatience
Every time I come to You for Your revival prevalence.
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s fervency
Ever upholding my faith’s persistency
While correcting my laxity and leniency
Every time I come to You for Your mercy.
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s feature
Ever rewarding my service-gesture
While recompensing my sacrifice of submission-posture
Every time I labour through Your strengthening nurture.
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s earnestness
Ever blessing my steadfastness
While attending to my performance along faithfulness
Every time I depend on You for Your helpfulness.
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s commitment
Ever equipping my involvement
While enabling my dedication’s achievement
Every time I trust You for Your encouragement.
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s fruit-bearing
Ever satisfying my productiveness’ rearing
While increasing my soulwinning harvest with love’s caring
Every time I beseech You for Your gearing.
May 12, 2022
Categories:
laxity, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
Life is a combination of different strata and classes
with the upper classes feeding on the states of the lower
which is the usual, displayed in most societies and cultures
and such a web between nations even more complex and sticky.
The developed massively profits on the developing
sustaining such a system for the affluent to stay powerful.
Pressing situations persist within their borders
but that of other nations becomes a meat and potatoe issue
while their greed stays a correspondent
to growing territories without a good sight.
They are obese hypocrites seeking for malnourished sycophants
promoting democracy but stabbing its legs in struggling communities
if propagation of governance isn’t favourable to their selfishness.
Merchandise and production from below becomes contraband
to tense such economies and make them perspire
even if a little consideration is reluctantly offered,
the controlled global markets will still sustain the toppers
feeding the climbers with crumbs to soften their bones.
Heavy makeup is the painting on their wealthy faces
to attract the scanty seedlings of the insufficient future cultivation of others
putting growth under a miasma of depression
to militate against economic and political independence.
Nevertheless, a stranger can only manipulate a home
if foolishly allowed to exhibit some level of command.
A major fertilizer to this trending cause
is laxity and mediocrity on the part of the sufferer
which has got so matronly to need meals on wheels
Categories:
laxity, adventure, africa, america, passion,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Yes! You have to think out of the box
But you don't have to lose your brain box
(which is more than a gear box or a black box)
because of your brave boss,
(even when he holds an axe).
Its loss would cost you more than an ox.
Its an evidence of sear laxity
Its dividend is with influx of max pain
which wax stronger than flax
It doesn't count whether you are a fan of
fox news, drive Toyota hillux, use fax or bathe with lux soap.
You don't need to pay tax to play a sax.
Categories:
laxity, adventure, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Silliness coupled with much humdrum
drains creative energy from the minds of children.
Bored kids, raised by televisions, make warped decisions.
Viewed daily by the hour, murder becomes ordinary.
The wild lunacy of far too many people
causes vulgarity to erupt at an early age.
Integrity is not taught by crude interjections.
Reality: kids mimic adults without perception.
Elegance is foreign; brutality, common.
In modern childhood decorum is misunderstood
as mere rules and likewise humility is worthless
Laxity reigns with sporadic parental harshness.
Today’s children have a mentality and morality
that would rattle our great-grandparents’ false teeth.
Our children are wiser than their peers of yesteryears,
re: street-smarts, fits and starts and body parts.
Categories:
laxity, angst, children, people, perspective,
Form:
Verse
His result slip showed he had failed
Friends celebrated their success
But his parents and some he shamed
Had pinned on him their hopes and focus
His Dad said "For negligence, it's the price
Your direliction is hard to repair
So change your style to do better in life"
And he sat like a mountain in despair
Son forgot laxity and his ugly past
And set himself to make it remember
Reformed for next exam and fixed fast
"Failure teaches success," he would utter
No more sorrow and shame he'd bear
No faltering, no fall but bright future
Bad experience lessoned him to dare
And avoid loss of face through failure
He abandonned excess video games
And concentrated in his text books
Made alterations to feed his study aims
And set Success like bait on his hooks
His consistent work bought him success
The year ended with earned love and praise
His negligence was just like an abcess
That of failure was just his life's phase
Categories:
laxity, 10th grade,
Form:
Free verse
CRY FOR AFRICA
Throw me the dough to survive the jungle
The mastery of persistent i tangle
Call not away from the basin sides
Am a believer that rain of blood is near
Who will carry our lamp
For it is a travel through the forest
Never fly away my faith
For there is where my hope lives
The wail of my citizen roars
I hear the bleed of their souls
Longing for bread these miscreants promised
Yet another peck we are wooed with
Our flourish is buying offshore to shine
Making our tarry last forever
You make our offspring hustler they call it
Turning this garden to jungle
A mere contest to a competition
Even in this walk of shame ;
Your speech is preach churchy
Only for your decisions to be like taut with a head
I will call not for cry no more
Emancipation is what i await to plough our history
Naming our bastards with the tag nemesis
How long will passing by continue
Filming the rape of our spoil
They argue only for who to take next round ;
On our laxity the ignorance we embraced
Waiting always on the queue again because of peanuts
No wonder we are treated like peasants
The hate our oloriburuku politicians had showered
Another party plan we are always
Only to see our gains catering for their oyinbo brothers from another mother
I wonder how their bloodline share their identity
Sorry, i forgot we are too stupid to know when to cross the line
Stop the crying Africa ;
And bury the ignorance you bought from them
Never is a denial
Do it now , the revival that will wipe your tears.
poet : oluremi samuel
Categories:
laxity, africa, anger, corruption, depression,
Form:
Free verse
The touch of imperfectionality on some naked truth.
It burns deep into the flesh of happiness,
Yet stands smiling at the laxity of frailty.
A drop of legality would have seared the ice.
Some degree of excess consciousness couldn't avail indiscretion.
So selfish I was, struck the baton to revealing.
Tore down the garment of wonderfulness.
If only it had wrath a shield against grievous consequences.
Strayed from the bareness of my palms, my cherished secret.
Caved in the passing-by of history, are acts and actions I adore.
Regrets bid me awareness but I annex consolation in satisfaction.
Springs of flowing emotions seals my loosed heart.
I'm hung to the persistence of negativity.
Sunk into contentions so absurd to gamble worth for kinds.
Categories:
laxity, betrayal,
Form:
Sonnet
Still clinging onto the hangover of colonialism
with mental independence weighed to a pathetic size of almost zero.
You are a beautiful woman, yet low esteemed like a barbaric savage.
You are contented with pain because of the availability of opiods.
You constantly shuttle in this nonsense
with the thought you are caressed by time.
Greed and a constant tussle of power and selfishness drag you behind
with foundation-less systems where corruption is the institution.
Civilization seem to marry your ideology by accident
dragging the feet of developments to the point it becomes stranded.
An entire region not in a good shape,
so timid and flawed indicated by its unspoken glances
degraded so low that an ordinary monkey intimidates an elephant
having the substance but lacking the direction
like an affluent clueless man when alive
but dead and buried within his possessions.
Despite the persistent surge of prosperity both from the west and the east
you take a small step in decades with the belief
that such laxity is just a naughty spot.
You may be moving, but much slower than a dying millipede.
Categories:
laxity, africa, political,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Today I accomplished after a sustained effort
I wanted to set my mind free of all its dirt
I got rid of all, that's redundant
The baggage of experience that's abundant
Anger, hate, envy and jealousy
Myths, confusion, illusion and fallacy
Laxity, mess, incoherence and insanity
Chaos, clutter, dishevel and obscurity
Dogmas, tenets, maxims and rules
Traditions and conventions that the present ridicules
Desire, ambition, hunger and greed
I removed all that I didn't need
Only to realise now, there ain't left anything
My anxiety to set it free meant there's nothing.
Categories:
laxity, how i feel,
Form:
List
July 2 Scripture Meditations Based on Proverbs 25
Key Verse – Proverbs 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR REWARDING ME
Thank You for rewarding me for my faithfulness
Which You establish in my soul against insistent stubbornness
While upholding my vowed dedication-earnestness
With Your constant helpfulness.
Thank You for rewarding me for my devotion
Which You place in my heart against worldly perception
While assuring my salvation-sanctification
With Your immutable perfection.
Thank You for rewarding me for my commitment
Which You instill in my mind against selfish sentiment
While guarding my redemption-entitlement
With Your eternal settlement.
Thank You for rewarding me for my sacrifices
Which You shower to my faith against doubtful devices
While blessing my labour-services
With Your abundant graces.
Thank You for rewarding me for my stewardship
Which You ordain as my accountability against deceitful partnership
While reinforcing my discipleship-fellowship
With Your compassionate leadership.
Thank You for rewarding me for my perseverance
Which You give to my conviction against vain ignorance
While training my prayerfulness-endurance
With Your triumphant deliverance.
Thank You for rewarding me for my spirituality
Which You entrust to my ministry against carnal laxity
While anchoring my humility-sincerity
With Your merciful sovereignty.
July 2, 2022
Categories:
laxity, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
February 2 Scripture Meditations Based on Numbers 19-23
Key Verse – Numbers 21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DELIVERANCE
Thank You for delivering me from sin-imprisonment
Whenever I call unto Your name in my miserable predicament
Especially during iniquity-attacks, bringing torment
That incapacitate me against spiritual involvement.
Thank You for delivering me from transgression-perishing
Whenever I cry for Your help in my weak languishing
Especially during frustrations caused by goal-crashing
That pull me away against divine refreshing.
Thank You for delivering me from filthiness-corruption
Whenever I cling to Your holiness in my fleshly corruption
Especially during struggles in health’s affliction
That debilitate me against faith-increase and good works’ fruition.
Thank You for delivering me from futility-vanity
Whenever I cleave to Your truth in my laxity
Especially during doubt-bouts and perplexity
That drive me against trusting Your authority.
Thank You for delivering me from materialism-worldliness
Whenever I come to Your throne justified by Your righteousness
Especially during craving sessions while tempted by lustfulness
That bring me out against Your will’s blessedness
Thank You for delivering me from abomination-idolatry
Whenever I cast all my cares to Your throne of glory
Especially during prayerlessness’ visits midst anxiety and worry
That thwart me against advancing Your kingdom’s territory.
February 2, 2022
Categories:
laxity, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
For Your work, my God, that calls for my best sacrifice
I present myself by Your mercy every time I arise
Overcoming idleness of futile exercise.
In fulfilling my tasks with Your guidance, surely wise...
Here am I, Lord.
For Your work, my Master, that demands my full responsibility
I submit myself, thanking Your salvation-security
Refraining from indulging in laxity.
In exerting my efforts while doing Your entrusted duty...
Here am I, Lord.
For Your work, My Creator, that increases my eternal treasure
I yield myself, so I can be diligent midst labor-measure
Prevailing over worldly pressure.
In performing my roles with Your power’s enclosure...
Here am I, Lord.
For Your work, my Saviour, that deters my earthly toil-anguish
I humble myself midst temptations that make me languish
Abiding in biblical standards I, by Your grace, distinguish.
In shining to reflect Your light no one could extinguish...
Here am I, Lord*.
*Acts 9:10 ... Behold, I am here, Lord.
September 5, 2018
Categories:
laxity, appreciation, blessing, faith, forgiveness,
Form:
Kyrielle
April 23 Scripture Meditations Based on Job 19-24
Key Verse – Job 19:8 He hath fenced up my way…
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR FENCING UP MY WAY
Thank You for fencing up my way against selfish ambition
Toward Your sure direction
As You guide my decision
For me to fulfill Your assigned function.
Thank You for fencing up my way against destructive idleness
Toward Your diligence-earnestness
As You subdue my slothfulness
For me to vanquish laziness.
Thank You for fencing up my way against arrogant hypocrisy
Toward Your truth’s persistency
As You prevail over my pretense-leniency
For me to overcome laxity with godly fervency.
Thank You for fencing up my way against attacking discouragement
Toward Your revival’s fulfillment
As You rebuke my fearfulness’ sentiment
For me to subdue sin-caused despair of worthless predicament.
Thank You for fencing up my way against tempting evil
Toward Your holiness’ hill
As You sanctify my separation from the wiles of the devil
For me to be strong in doing Your will.
Thank You for fencing up my way against lustful impurity
Toward Your purification from iniquity
As You cleanse my soul while I confess with sincerity
For me to live by Your grace through Your compassionate authority.
April 23, 2022
Categories:
laxity, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
August 31 Scripture Meditations Based on Micah 6-7
Key Verse– Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR REQUIRING ME TO DO GOOD
Thank You for requiring me to do good by Your grace
As You show me Your way along the Christian race
So that I can walk with righteousness’ pace
While avoiding worldly maze of evil case.
Thank You for requiring me to do good by Your wisdom
As You guide me toward Your eternal kingdom
So that I can enjoy salvation’s freedom
While overcoming complacent laxity of idle boredom.
Thank You for requiring me to do good by Your leadership
As You train me for Your effective direction in stewardship
So that I can serve well around prayer’s fellowship
While following biblical principles of perfect workmanship.
Thank You for requiring me to do good by Your mercy
As You humble me by Your rebuking clemency
So that I can appreciate Your satisfaction’s sufficiency
While repenting from obvious arrogance of stubborn inconsistency.
Thank You for requiring me to do good by Your justice
As You discipline me with Your chastisement’s notice
So that I can perform along Scriptures’ treatise
While acknowledging divine judgment of holy practice.
Thank You for requiring me to do good by Your commandment
As You direct me toward Your will for character development
So that I can obey and labor with involvement’s commitment
While progressing for fruitful production of eternal investment.
Thank You for requiring me to do good by Your instruction
As You teach me around Your Word for genuine transformation
So that I can fulfill duties despite temptation’s persecution
While accomplishing entrusted roles with worshipful jubilation.
August 31, 2022
Categories:
laxity, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme