Purnell Swett High School Poems
Adam's Apology
Surely 1 cannot be solely blamed
for dousing the world in sin and shame
For causing women to cry out in anguish
over bearable joy they soon languish.
For being the dow nfall of all others.
sone sisters, cousins, husbands and mothers.
It was not my blunder judgement was without.
That God didn't throw us out with a whoop and shout
He powerless, the one who should rule the earth.
While the mischievous one chuckled with mirth.
A sly devil is he.
the one who fooled Eve and me.
Mere mortals with no sense of perception,
who knew we w ould be the only exception.
by Amy Dial
Adam's Apology
But surely Eve cannot be excused;
The serpent in the garden tempted her.
How easy to give up freedom, as she had done
As the snake spoke his tempting words,
Surely an apple so sw eet, can't be of such evil.
In one bite ail was lost, the sin was committed.
First came Adam, than was created Eve
How was Adam to prevent Eve from an Apple?
Him being ruler over wife and familyShe
knew that the tree could have been deadly
But knowledge she did not use before biting into sin.
God's own words warned them away from the tree
But sin had already been committed
Eve could not blame anyone but herself.
The small sin caused both to pay
Could not love be so strong?
To stand between Eve and the tree.
The earliest test that mankind did know, and Eve failed.
The weakest temptress whose strength did prove
In Eve's gracious hand she held the beautiful sin,
The sin been committed, A lesson learned too late.
by Kirk Blue
The Candle of Life
The candle of light burned for our life
is sometimes the thing that shines so bright.
But yet to our unexpected day do break
The strand blown out to soon do take.
The wax that runs from side to side
can be our sins that we make.
Sometimes the wax may run real slow
like a person who took that boat for row.
"What do we do next, run and hide?
We ask for forgiveness from our Lord.
Someone who can comfort you whenever you're bored,
the one who meets our every need,
the one while on Earth, helps to plant a seed.
Accept him today and your sins he'll take,
by Ericka Cummings
"Life"
Standing alone, breathless upon a cliff.
Barefoot with the gravel under my feet.
The crisp air piercing my skin makes me stiff.
Depressed; for of life's feats I could not beat.
The sun falling behind the horizon.
Below the waves crash on the rocky shore.
What's left life when my work here seems done?
Saddened; the question burdens me even more.
The will to live is not sheltered in my heart.
Restrained form life and pressured to move on.
My life plays an insignificant part.
Emptiness; taking this last alone.
Leaving the light, now here I see darkness.
The price I paid for life now seems worthless,
by Telisha Lynn Oxendine
After Life
As I look back on that dreadful fall day.
I think of how things could have been diffrent.
The day that I took my own life away
No more chances, it's too late to repent.
The sun falling behind the horizon.
Below, the waves crash on the rocky shore.
Feeling the regret, the damage is done
My soul will be haunted forevermore.
Being the last step that 1 took alone,
I couldn't face the feats I couldn't beat.
Now abiding in my eternal home
Amongst the fire, surrounded by heat.
The price, I've paid, no longer debt.
This eternal fate that I must accept,
by Gerren Maynor
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