Matthew 10:28                       New English Translation

28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

 

Satire: Step on someone

 

Where are my fundamental values, and how are they defined?

Are they based on my thoughts and private interpretation?

Maybe the way I seem always influenced by the outside

Is it not regularly that the world imposes itself in degradation?

 

The rulers of this world supply constant pressure

And try to mold me into a clone after their "will."

The sad part of it all is that it is by their measure

They fill me with overflowing pride as that gets instilled

 

Anchored then in selfishness and so justifying about all I do

Absorbed in my worldly environment forgetting the "hereafter."

There is no denying that I feel far beyond the detrimental "fall."

Am I  now promoted as the ruler of my "own" life? The master.

 

 

I will fit in God somehow, possibly at my own chosen level

He should be glad that I pay and shower Him some attention

I am a Christian, you know, and appointed to the "true" level

My bubble centers in the middle, being fulfilled in admiration

 

I am standing tall, you know, even when I am landing flat on my face

I am still looking straightforward, although staring into the ground

Heaven is where I long to go, so I'll buy a part of it to build my place

Since I am down there, I'll dig a little deeper until I'm heaven bound

 

It is not just a "fall" to me, but an opportunity in a different position?

When I am down, but not out, will I be trampled by similar things like me?

It does not feel too good, but I will take it as a compliment in my transition.

For I trampled on so many by myself, which made me feel so free.

 

Now I will get up quickly so I can trample myself on some others

Wow! I can't get up! Let me climb on the backs of the ones time forgot

Now I am repeating my past ways, and I don't care, or they smother

On the way back to the top, since I'm the pack leader. Wow! It's hot

 

 

Jan Wienen