Flatlined

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Another night awake,

Contemplating suicide,

All the wrongs I’ve done I can unmake,

I can no longer run and hide,

The demons are calling me,

“Just one more day,”

Success in life I can not guarantee,

Will I just fade away?

Demon, get out of my head,

These thoughts aren’t mine,

But every day I wake in dread,

In a prison of my own design,

God, save me from myself,

I’m begging you,

Satan has possessed me for himself,

I’m telling you true,

Another day in life,

Which way will I go?

The whole day spent in strife,

Suicide, as an escape, starts to show,

Of course again I pick the wrong road,

I ruin my life even more,

It seems like a curse on me bestowed,

That shakes me to the core,

Why is my life so bad?

What have I done?

In disappointment I am clad,

I stare at the gun,

I grab it and aim at my chest,

“With life I am done,

I am sick of being depressed,

I have no fear in death,”

But I pull it away,

And I take a deep breath,

“No, not today,”

Another night spent in pain,

I lay awake in bed,

How can I keep up this feign,

That everything’s fine in my head?

How much heavier is the shame?

I’ll have to choose,

To escape life’s game,

Where I only lose,

I’ve tried so hard to love,

And they did not love back,

My feelings aside they shove,

And now, the demons attack,

I am done with living,

I’ve made up my mind,

I’m tired of falsely forgiving,

I’m done with mankind,

I take the gun in my hand,

And aim it at my head,

I hope they will understand,

When I am dead,

The trigger I finger,

As I sit and think,

On my choice I will not linger,

I tell myself not to blink,

I hear the gun explode,

And peace I finally find,

I have finally ended life’s road,

As I go flatlined.

Mystery Woman

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Mystery woman,

Who are you?

You seem so close yet so far,

We met online,

On this little chatting tool,

We make cheap, small talk,

Yet, I long to know you,

Mystery woman,

Who haunts my thoughts,

Step into my world,

Let me see you shine,

Bright star,

In all your glory,

For who you are,

Worry not about consequence,

Mystery woman,

Only known by words,

And images I see,

On that screen,

And nothing else,

But words and pictures,

Capture not the beauty,

Of who you are,

Mystery woman,

Will I get to meet you?

Or shall you be known,

Forever as a picture?

You hide behind a mask,

That I can not take off,

Do you speak the truth?

I want to know,

Mystery woman,

Will I ever get to know you?

    Money. We want it, we need it, we earn it, we save it, and we spend it, (something that I do very well.)Money is the very backbone of any government.  In fact, we are so in love with money, we even can mke it fancy and colorful. Money, metaphorically speaking, makes the world go ’round. Some people even worship money. But can oney hear you when you speak to it? Can money forgive you when you sin? Can money save you from eternal damnation? Your ticket to hell is free. The answer is no. Money can not hear you, forgive you, or save you.

    Money is one of the biggest things that keeps us away from God. We, as a society, have become more dependant on money than we are dependant on God. Part of the problem is that nothing is free, and everything, a some point or another, cost somebody money. We need money to survive. We need money to buy food, clothing, water, and shelter. Even the Bible cost somebody money along the way. Money is such a presence in our lives, it’s pounded into our minds so much, it makes it seem like we can’t depend on God. But we should remember, God can do anything. He wouldn’t let us starve, or go without water, or be battered by the elements. Look at Jesus. Jesus was 100% comletely dependant on god. God gave Jesus food, water, clothing, and shelter. Jesus lived fine. I honestly don’t think that God and money get along very well, do you?

    Now don’t read this wrong. Just because you are rich, it doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love you. I don’t want to recieve any nasty emails proclaiming that I said “Just because I’m rich, it means that God hats me.” We are created in God’s image. We are God’s prized masterpiece. I honestly don’t know of any artist that hates his prized masterpiece. Does Da Vinci hate his Mona Lisa? Does Michelangelo hate his statue of David? I think not. God doesn’t hate anybody. The only thing that God hates is sin. No mater who we are, where we are, or what we do, God will always love us. If you are indeed rich, then you might ask “so what should I do with my money that would be pleasing to God?” The best thing that I can think of is use it for the church and charities. Think about it, do you really need that solid gold, nuclear powered toilet, or does the homeless child just down the street need a meal that he hasn’t had in the past week? Do you really need that HDTV that’s as big as the wall you’re putting it on, or does the church need some new bibles and somgboks? Are you selfishly gong to waste your money on things that aren’t going to count for squat in Heaven? Or are you going to spend it on things that count? Like helping out the homeless child, or like buying new bibles for the church? If you have expendable income, use it as Jesus would have used it.

What if we are poor? Well, when you’re poor, you hav no money. When we are poor, depending on how poor, we suffer, don’t we? So Why would God want us to suffer? especially if we are his masterpiece and he indeed loves us so? There are two reasons. Reason one is that God provides us with only our basic needs. We need four things to survive. We need food, water, shelter, and clothing. Look at Jesus. He didn’t have an iPod touch or a cell phone or any of that durring his lifetime. He only used what he needed. Reason two is found in Romans chapter eight, verses sixten and seventeen. It says “The spirit himsef testifies that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs- heirs of God and co- heirs of Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.(NIV)” We suffer to be closer to Christ. We suffer so that we can share in Christ’s glory. That glory is our sins being washed away by the blood of the redeemer so that we may enter Heaven. We al sufferin many different ways. Not only financially, but physically and emotionally as well as other ways. But money, physical appearance, and emotional status don’t matter in the realm of God. When we feel hate twoards someone, we must remember that God stil loves them. When we are not the best looking guy on the block, God Still loves us. Wether we are poor as dirt or richer than Donald Trump, God stil loves us. We need to identify the places where we suffer, and thank God for those sufferings, because we are closer to Christ through them.

    In conclusion, we as a people are obsessed with money, but money makes us lose sight of God. We need to depend on God more than w do money. When we have money, use it as Christ would have used it. When we don’t, take that opportunity to suffer because it is bringing you closer to Christ. Remember Romans 8:16-17. Take a few moments and be still in prayer. Prey that God help you break your addiction to money, and you depend on God rather than money.

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Live and Let Die

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What will you do now that your fate has been tested?

God’s taking away everything you’ve invested,

What will you do when the ground’s been upturned?

Your friends are dead and your house has been burned.

Will you lose your faith and fall to the side?

Or will you look up to God and say “live and let die.”

Will you follow false prophets into damnation?

Or will you stay true and be brought to salvation?

What will you do while your days are all numbered?

Will your soul be by the Lord’s love encumbered?

Will you lose your faith and fall to the side?

Or will you look up to God and say “live and let die.”

It’s the end of the world and the Lord has returned,

There’s a spot up in Heaven that needs to be earned,

Will you claim your place and take that spot away?

Or will you run and hide from God at nature’s decay?

Will you lose your faith and fall to the side?

Or will you look up to God and say “live and let die.”

–I will bring the most wicked of the nations to take possession of their houses; I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.When terror comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none.Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor upon rumor. They will try to get a vision from the prophet; the teaching of the law by the priest will be lost, as will the counsel of the elders.The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.” –Ezekiel 7:24-27

The Hand

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I’ve tried being nice and saying “please,”

Now force is all I’ve got, and now you got me,

All I’ve ever really done was take the blame,

It all goes down in history and not down in flame,

Like meningitis, I will survive this,

I will not be a victim of a schizophrenic crisis,

Our time has finally begun,

Get out of my way or you will suffer as one,

Mutiny in the making,

My hands are already shaking,

Hanging on an abysmal release,

When will this finally cease?

Burn your disposable past,

And stomp it out like a cigarette ash,

This is so typical,

It’s apocalyptical,

You want to revolutionize?

Heed my warning; you’re walking on thin ice,

Start a war in another backyard,

And we’ll knock down your house of cards,

You feed the hungry, but you feed them politics,

And I’m sick and tired of all your antics,

Give me a minute and I’ll change you mind,

Give me a bullet and I’ll end your kind,

Remember, surrender, the time is now,

Continue resisting, and we’ll burn your cities down.

Bloodsimple

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In this dark and cruel world,

Where, each day, murder is unfurled,

Friend killing friend, brother killing brother,

Each murder more grizzly than the other,

By murder, we are surrounded,

In our minds murder is pounded,

Until murder, in our own minds, is a viable solution,

It seems like humanity goes through devolution,

Murder seems to solve anything,

All the problems life may bring,

Life becomes cheap,

As this hole is dug deep,

Killing begets more killing,

As more blood is spilling,

The killer grins,

And the bloodlust begins.

Who am I?

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Who am I to everyone else?

A name, a number,

But to God, I am different,

I am his masterpiece,

He, the sculptor,

It brings tears to my eyes,

When they see lost souls,

Not following the creator,

Good, graceful God,

Who am I, O God?

What purpose shall I serve?

You want me to save others,

From eternal damnation,

Through this talent you have given me?

Shall I witness to those around me?

Risking pain, anguish, even death?

All in your name and your name only,

If that is my purpose,

Then I ask you for strength,

Strip away my clothes, my worldly possessions,

Is this who I am?

No one knows, but you, O King,

Whatever purpose I must serve,

Whoever I am,

Let me be what I need to be.

So, Barrack Obama and his crew want to put forth a national health care, much like the set up in Canada. I say NO to national health care. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, National health care is a plan to make a single government organization to run the health care in America. This, obviously, is going to be run by taxes, just like everything else in the government. So, why should I have to pay for someone else’s health care? I’m a pretty healthy guy, and I normally don’t get sick, but why should I have to pay my hard- earned money so that someone else that doesn’t work for a living can get medical treatment. It’s not like the Government doesn’t steal enough out of our paychecks already.

There is not one, NOT ONE government- run agency that runs efficiently or effectively, so why should I pay out the wazoo for another government fail?  And just because it’s Obama, the great “savior” of America doesn’t make it any better, considering the terrible job he’s been doing. Do any of you think that the government is going to be able to handle something as complex as a health care system? I think not. Can anyone be trusted to run a health care system? Not many people. I would definitely not trust myself to run one.

Not only does it hurt the taxpayers, but it also hurts the patients. Having a national health care system in place would mean that everything is going to take longer, because it needs to travel further distances for paperwork to be approved, drugs and stuff to be approved, etc. Also, the flexibility of a national health care system would be at about the flexibility of a rock. If we have a national health care setup, would it cover elective surgeries, such as: Breast augmentations, wart removals, eye surgery, etc. You can say “that’s easy, make the patient pay for it!” but what is going to be considered elective? what about a hernia? You don’t NEED a surgery, but you’d be in pain for the rest of your life. What about a breast size reduction because of back problems?

“…Whenever you have government control of something, you have one item added to the equation that will most definitely screw things up–politics. Suddenly, every medical procedure and situation is going to come down to a political battle. The compromises that result will put in controls that limit patient options. The universal system in Canada forces patients to wait over 6 months for a routine pap smear. Canada residents will often go to the U.S. or offer additional money to get their health care needs taken care of.” (quoted from balancedpolitics.org. http://balancedpolitics.org/universal_health_care.htm)

What is going to be the cost of a national health care system? “In 2008, health care spending in the United States reached $2.4 trillion, and was projected to reach $3.1 trillion in 2012.1 Health care spending is projected to reach $4.3 trillion by 2016.” (quoted from nchc.org. http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml)

You just witnessed the staggering truth about the cost of health care. So, time for a math lesson. Let’s take 3 trillion (estimate between 2008 and 2012) and divide that by 300 million. 300 million people in the U.S. It comes out to ten thousand. So, someone would have to pay around 10,000 a year. (this is an estimate, I could be totally wrong, but that’s what my math states. We do have the progressive tax system.) do you think that someone who flips burgers and has to make a living on it is going to be able to afford it? I think not! And that’s not including the cost to start it up, pay workers, or anything like that, so it could be even more.

So, in conclusion, Health care is just a bad idea. It’s too slow, to vague, and too costly for Americans to afford. especially in this economic turmoil! Also, the fact that not everyone’s covered is a lie. There are non- profit organizations and medicare/medicaid to assist in health care. people that can’t afford health care just need to get up off their asses and apply for one of those organizations! why should I pay 10 thousand or maybe more a year because some fat slob is being lazy and I’m perfectly healthy? People, stop the madness!

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