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Innocence lost


Job 34:11 New English Translation (NET Bible)

11 For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person,

he causes the consequences to find him.

 

Innocence lost

 

How much of ourselves do we share by looking at one another?

Is a train of thought transferred and imprinted in someone else?

Is there beyond understanding a way to share ourselves farther?

In either light, shadow and dark, polluting others towards self

 

An interesting subject in the grain of existence

A side perspective of a culture getting lost

If it’s true and effective we can then in persistence

Inject our sinfulness in others without any cost

 

A scary thing to think that my thoughts can degrade others

Without understanding the source of this continuous pollution

This then makes me responsible for the good or falls off others

And makes my depravity the cause of the state of this nation …

 

Jan Wienen

 

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