A Slap In God's Face

 A Slap In God’s Face

(Poem by Serenus)

Blessed with gifts

That you don’t even use

God gave you legs to walk

 But you refuse to move

 

To express and talk

He gave you a voice

But when it's time to speak up

You’re silent by choice

 

Wasting all of your talents and potential

Squandering your chance to be influential

What if it all was taken away?

Where would you be today?

  

You have all you need

To thrive and maintain

But yet and still

 You sit and complain

 

Concerned with the treasures

That others hold

Adoring their gifts

And neglecting your own

 

Chasing after the material

The silver and gold

Forgetting about the spiritual

Your mind and your soul

 

How dare you reject

The Father's amazing grace

The ultimate disrespect

…A Slap in God's Face

Author's Note

Reviews

[Rufus "Mr Blaque" Lacy,..]

I dedicate this poem to all those ignorant people I left behind in my neighbor before I when to college. Every day I watched people like this, I'm talking very talented people throwing their lives away for fast money, hoes, and clothes. I go back to see them from time to time and they still have not amounted to nothing.

The image in the beginning is hilarious before reading the poem.

[Sirius King]

believe me, i know what you are speaking of very well!...i thought the pic would bring a little humor to a serious subject lol

[Lady Glitter]

Beautiful, arresting, sobering. All of us can use a little reprimand every now and then. So we sometimes forget who we are and what we have, and we slap God in his face with our misery and complaining, and then you are sent to slap us back, because what goes around comes around. Ok.

Love your rhyme. Well done!

[zainul]

Great write with powerful message for change in a positive manner.
Appreciate your talented work.

[Sirius King]

thank you zainul!

[zainul]

You are welcome.

[www]

Great write. Really strong message that needs to be heard.

[Sirius King]

thanks again :-)

[Rita L. Sev]

So glad this one popped up in my newsfeed - what a wonderful reminder to be thankful for all of Life's blessings! Great flow and rhyme, and even better message.

[Sirius King]

i had to write this one for myself, kind of a kick in the butt lol

thanx Rita!

[Rita L. Sev]

Ah, well, we all need that now and then! :)

[Sirius King]

exactly :-)

[Peter H]

lovely write , many people don't appreciate the eloquent talent they hold within themselves the thing that makes themselves special and magnificient . good write i loved this is really taught moral value good write my friend

[Sirius King]

i appreciate that, thanx man!

[SHEEMA HUQ]

someone is being seriously hard on themselves, though guilt tactics can indeed motivate one to get off one's arse when necessary, nice references to the spiritual facets of you as well

[Sirius King]

sometimes we just need a little "slap" to wake up, and use our gifts :-)

[SHEEMA HUQ]

as long as they don't sting too much afterwards and are as effective as the traditional arse kick! ha ha :0I

[Sirius King]

sounds about right lol

[SinglePoet]

I love this! Awesome... Makes me think about all the talents that I have and don't use! Thank you for this!

[Sirius King]

same here lol...thanx for checking it out!

[Rob Santana]

I know many people like this. Lazy ingrates. Good writing on this one.

[Sirius King]

thanx man!

[Frieda P]

OUCH! Wasn't sure what I was going to find here with that title. It's a great lesson in how to be gracious and grateful. Nice read, but you didn't have to slap me to get my attention. :-)

[Sirius King]

good my slap hand is a little tired lately jk lol...thanx Frieda :0)

[Frieda P]

haha watch it, I'm from joisey, I slap back ;-P

[Sirius King]

Well I like it rough ...hahaha ;-)

[Frieda P]

I wish you could have seen my face when I read this! lol :-O

[Sirius King]

hahaha... i'll try n picture it lol

[Frieda P]

RAWR hahaha

[Sirius King]

LOL oh my :-)

[MOON]

Amen! Well said lovely deep flowing write.

[Sirius King]

thanx MOON! :-)