I Have Much Incense to Burn

What I've learned so far from believing in Jesus! :p

I gave in, I let you in

I knew all along I couldn’t win

You call what I do a sin

You say I abuse

But please excuse the gospel coming from my tongue

God knows it can cut deeper than any weapon formed against me

I told you I’m free, take my money, if that’s what you want

I warn you though, I’m running out and you’ll hear me shout

For his one and only name, my debt is paid in full, you cannot take anymore from me

I gave it all up on the side of the road somewhere while I was going the wrong direction

Gave away my identity and tried to go home with someone else

But they gave my identity up before I even showed up

So my true home, full of pain I’ll be headed for and suddenly they showed themselves to me

I could see it in their eyes the confession they felt in mine

Finally God gave me that new perspective I was waiting for

The struggle shared by all of us was evident that day in me

So take me in and charge me, throw the fucken book at me

I answer to a higher power you would never understand unless you were with me that day

The only brother I had down to ride was Jesus and we had a long talk along the way

In the end he was right, no matter what the devil behind me was yackin bout

I could only hear His voice and when it got to be too much I gave Him the wheel

God knows I thought it was a dream at the time, last time I felt this way I was on some little blue pills

Last time I felt like this I also went to the hospital and walked away from that alright

Some said I should have been dead? I thought I was dead, death can’t own me

I knew the truth back then too, now I don’t need those little blue pills

To produce the same effect on another one’s life

Now I’m not trying to say I’m some kind of super human with some kind of crazy power

Fueled by our yellow sun, I’m saying that I am human with some kind of crazy talent

To influence a life, refuel it, and set it on fire and cause a mass commotion

And to you that may seem that I’m no longer willing to serve with unwavering faith

I still call to His name in this verse I don’t even have to say it, just hint it and I’m off

Feels like all the devil did was leave me a bunch of fireworks and left the scene

So maybe now I’ll pray that my big brother in Jesus can show me how to let em off

In the most safe way, because no matter what, I’m always gonna wanna play

And now that I have guidance from above you wanna play hard ball with me?

S**t well let’s play, watch me crack this ball clean up out the park, and score a grand slam

Reviews

[Cicera]

Honesty, guided by the title I came here not really expecting to read this. But hell, this is one strong poem bouncing with spirit. It is basically a religious experience that has-in my perception-more to do with yourself, the writer, than with anyone else. And this is what primarily makes it strong. A voice is clearly speaking out, and when that happens we should point our ears and listen.