Short Hard Line Poems

Jesus Knows Who I Am?
Written: by Tom Wright
4/9/2018

He knows me intimately as a hard line guy,
To declare otherwise, truthfulness, I’d betray.
It’s just who I am, and past history don’t lie,
I see things in true colors, not shades of grey.

I’m always candid, calling a spade a spade,
No thoughts of procrastination do I allow.
When I try this, God must feel being played,
I must always do for Jesus what I will avow.
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It cannot exist the naysayer argued.
I knew it did, so I kept my lips compressed.
The naysayer wanted an argument.
He had never seen a turquoise owl.
I knew with this hard line of ignorance he never would.
Until he opened his mind how could his heart open?
I continued around the corner.
Liberace, the turquoise owl gave me a wink.
What are you doing here in the day time? I asked him.
He shrugged.
I guess nothing is impossible if you believe....

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