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D.Lester Young
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since 2001-12-08
Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

0 posted 2002-05-26 04:40 PM


I am not sure why I wrote this but I get tired of perfect people elevating themselves in such filth that they are consumed. All I know is that we all seem to have someone to send this to.

Here you are on a pedestal
So elevated you are
On your throne of deceit
So pure are your intentions
That you could do no wrong
Except tell me how imperfect I am

Judge me not from indignation
But from the worth of my heart
Do not be righteous to me
When your trash is worse than mine
Let me be imperfect in God’s light

Self elevation at the expense of others
Just shows how much faith you have
And in those words so Lilly white
That the shadows in between
Turn dungy gray

I will give you space
But do not take mine
Go instigate on your time
Do not drag me beneath contempt
In the garbage of your treasures

So trash me if you must
And I will bid my time
Unleashing the filth in such ferocity
That you will choke on your own words
In such distain my world
Will be cleansed of you
As yours will fall upon deaf ears


Email me at davelyoung1@hotmail.com
D.Lester Young (05/26/02)
Tuscaloosa, AL
Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry) http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?AuthorID=5012

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nakdthoughts
Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200
Between the Lines
1 posted 2002-05-26 05:08 PM


Judge me not from indignation
But from the worth of my heart


love this write
hugs to you
M

ethome
Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
2 posted 2002-05-26 05:19 PM


Don't blame you at all.
You know it says in the Bible..." extract the rafter from your own eye before you extract the straw from your brother's eye."
Good write. I enjoyed your rebuttal!

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