Best Supplanter Poems

Head in the Heavens
  Feet planted on Earth
Jacob, renamed Israel
  Mocked for his birth

Mislabeled 'The Supplanter'
  Though Esau tricked him
Pushed his twin brother aside
  Emerging first-born with a grin

Then the imposter Esau
  Sold his birthright for a little food
His hands...

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Underneath the planting moon the pretender
to the throne wanders through the garden.
Perplexed in intellect, vexed by questions of
sin and salvation, he ponders the price of pardon.
Measuring mercy by his own capacities he feels
the heat of hatred and his heart starts to harden.
Meanwhile, in the shadows,...

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Who I am
Who I was
Matters not in this enchanter
Like the moon filled too soon
 And, now I’m trapped as my supplanter
For I’ve boiled rage inside this cage
And left my heart in danger
I showed the side I meant to hide
And, now my hearts a stranger
What it...

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Esau was firstborn, but Jacob soon followed
For all of his young life, seems Jacob deceived
Esau, the loser whenever they struggled

Jacob did not trust God, constantly struggled
Esau at his heels, now Jacob was followed
Dividing his camp up, still Jacob deceived

Forgetting God’s promises, he was deceived
But that...

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