J.M.J.
J.M.J.
PREPARATION
THOSE WHO PREPARE FOR WHAT’S TO COME
WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT MUST BE DONE.
YOU’LL HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO SURVIVE
IN ORDER JUST TO STAY ALIVE.
THE SHELTER THAT HAD BEEN YOUR HOME
WILL BECOME RUBBLE UPON STONE.
THE ROOF THAT ONCE COVERED YOUR HEAD
IS BURIED WITH SKELETONS OF THE DEAD.
THE VEGETATION ALL WILL DIE;
POLLUTED AIR WILL BE YOUR SKY.
EACH MORNING WILL BE LIKE THE NIGHT;
YOUR SUN WILL BE THE CANDLE LIGHT.
YOU WILL CONSUME YOUR OWN DEBRIS--
WHAT YOU ONCE HAD IS NOT TO BE.
THE WATER THAT SO FREELY RAN
YOU WILL DRINK STAGNANT FROM A CAN.
THERE WILL BE NO FOOD OR DRINK;
THERE WILL BE ONLY TIME TO THINK.
YOU WILL REFLECT ON WHAT YOU HAD,
ALL THAT WAS GOOD AND WHAT WAS BAD.
YOUR CHILDREN’S EYES WILL SHED NO TEARS;
YOUR CALLUSED HAND WILL CALM THEIR FEARS.
YOU WILL KNEEL WITH THEM AND PRAY--
THANK GOD THAT YOU SURVIVED THIS DAY.
AND SO WILL COME ANOTHER DAY,
NO BETTER THAN WAS YESTERDAY.
YOU WILL RECALL ALL THAT WAS GIVEN;
YOU’LL BEG FOR MERCY TO BE FORGIVEN.
WHEN YOU CAN SET ALL PAIN ASIDE,
REPLACE WITH LOVE WHAT ONCE WAS PRIDE,
SEE ONLY GOD WITHIN YOUR HEART
THEN GOD HIS KINGDOM WILL IMPART.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
4-22-1994