The Real Truth
With Texas Idioms
Miracle Man
October 22, 2023
Saturday nights in Haskell was always a battle,
some thought Ruff might be “all hat and no Cattle”.
He oft searched for Jack to settle some long ago spat,
Ruff was bigger “than a boarding house cat”.
Tom you ask, once more, how big was the other?
“so big he looked like he ate his brother”.
But an altercation with Jack some saw as a toss up,
for Jack was said to be “Faster than small town gossip”.
Everyone feared Jack and with him built rapport,
though he was not “the sharpest knife in the drawer”.
They both started drinking upon leaving the house,
and soon, both appeared “drunk as a meadow mouse”.
At times I’ve seen both acting just like some smurf,
thoroughly “confused as a goat on AstroTurf”.
The fights they had got them no gold buckles,
but sometimes “it would just cloud up and rain knuckles”.
Back then I was plain stupid without a disguise,
“and so narrow minded I could look through
a keyhole with both eyes”.
God is good!
I've had people, some that were classified as friends,
Take advantage and use me, and I pray the hurt someday will mend.
There are those, and they know what they've done,
But when the day comes and they have to answer to our Maker, where will they run?
Those unkind deeds are forgiven but they are awful hard to forget,
And the sad part is the friendship that ended in regret.
But on the up and up most mankind is of the forgiving nature,
Just wish we came with a warning light to let us know in advance when a breech of friendship
will occur.
Maybe I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer,
and I am sure not the brightest of stars,
But when you loose trust in someone, I think it is very hard to repair,
No matter how much you love them, or how much you care.
It's almost like a wound that refuses to heal,
All because someone lost sight of our values and the way we feel.
That is why we cannot allow ourselves to dwell on the emotions at hand,
We must forgive if we seek forgiveness that day in front of our Savior we all will stand.
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