A Better View

A Better View

after Matthew 18:22

It takes a long time
To get to the beginning.
It takes decades, maybe,
To dig up to breaking dirt.
Counting up to zero
From minus forty-nine –
Counting up form negative
Five hundred thirty-nine –
It’s seven times seven
Times seven times time!
The first shall be last,
Because your first is far beneath you;
Underground and dead where you began;
Far from where you’ve come
And further from your ending;
Because someday soon,
With the ground at last beneath your feet,
You’ll see Jesus stand beside you,
He’ll look you in the eyes,
And look up with you toward the sky.

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You can listen to me read it here

https://soundcloud.com/benwhitepoetry/a-better-view