Get Your Premium Membership

Belief System

Can you hear the drum beats of fear as do I? Does the mere sound of those fears make you want to CRY? You don't want to believe it, and hope it's all a 'Big LIE'. Whether true or false, it's best to bid our fears GOODBYE. Some say that the 'best is yet to come', and others SAY that the good old days are gone and never will return. Some say that the 'worst is yet to come', and others say that the good old days are gone, but better days are yet to come. Yesterday is HISTORY, but today does not have to be a MYSTERY. You did not pour the glass; whether half empty or half full. Even when dealt cards we don't CONTROL, we still must be BOLD. Even when we are often TOLD that the entire deck has been RIGGED; Or that the troubled waters that we see below have no BRIDGE above. Much depends on our belief system, whether the future is MISERY. If history repeats itself, perhaps it's because humans won't CHANGE. If history repeats, perhaps we thirst for control and ill-gotten GAIN. It is said that to REPEAT things, hoping for change, defines INSANITY. On a cross were two criminals. One criminal said, "If you BE....". The other one said, "..., Remember ME". * 080122PS*Luke 23:39, 42

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022




Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 8/1/2022 4:59:00 AM
I really like the closing stanza. We have a choice, and the question is always which will you choose to do with your life. I enjoyed reading your work. Sara
Login to Reply
Johnson Avatar
Curtis Johnson
Date: 8/1/2022 5:10:00 AM
Thank you, Sara. It is amazing that some things are 'out of our control', but so much of life is about 'choice'. Thanks again.

Book: Shattered Sighs