Gamble
Jeremiah 6:4
4 They will say, ‘Prepare to do battle against it!
Come on! Let’s attack it at noon!’
But later they will say, ‘Oh, oh! Too bad!
The day is almost over
and the shadows of evening are getting long.
Gamble
Invest, choose and fantasize
Your life is on the line
It’s much more than you know
As you’re drawing lines in the sand
Look at you as you’re throwing dice
Hoping all will be fine
As onward you really try to hope
For a life that has long been banned
Once you were on top of the heap
And now just lost somewhere
In search of something you don’t know
You dig deeper everywhere
Hoping to find in the unknown
Treasures from Heaven’s sphere
As you through effort want to go
Far above the world up there
Wide awake slipping into a sullen coma
Repeating oft to self that all will be well
Passing on your way down others going up
As you feel sorry for them in fake compassion
You holler: “the time is near” with your sick aroma
As you are preparing for the final bell
You grasp at everything trying to stand up
As you’re counted out without any discretion
Jan Wienen