Tag: poem

  • Some Thoughts

    Since my spiritual birthI’ve been full of mirth I trust in Christ the LordHe is the living Word Christ is my true Sabbath restHe is the best I love to read ScriptureEven when I have a stricture God’s Word sustains my lifeI go to it in good times and in strife Jesus is the promised…

  • The Lord’s Supper

    Communion isA remembranceof Christ’sOnce and for allSacrificeThe bread and wineSymbols ofChrist’sBody and BloodIn Him we findTrue Sabbath restAs Christ diedAnd was resurrectedSo too will weThis remembranceIs not merelyA cerebral exerciseIt is an actThat is spiritualIt engages usThe believerIn the mystery ofChrist’s sacrificeAn atoning workA real disseminationOf faithThe elements ofBread and wineAre visible signsOf a graceThat…

  • My Struggle With Mental Illness

    I am a loonI jumped over the moon I am insaneI have a malfunctioning brain I am non compos mentisVi and I loved The Apprentice I am crazyBut not lazy I am barking madSometimes I’m sad I am at times berserkI’m never a jerk I am mentally sickAn ice cream cone I’ll lick I am…

  • My Life

    I ranWith the lionsIn the SerengetiI ateThe bees’ honeyRawI swamWith the sharksIn the oceanThe power ofMy mindTransported meTo theThird heavenI had a psychoticRageI destroyedThe SatanicMageI rodeA wildMustang horseI traveledThe globeI projectedMy consciousnessInto aSupermassiveBlack holeIn our galacticCenterI lifted a carUsing myTelekinesisI drankA glassOf ice-coldWaterI sang praisesTo the LordI watchedThe childrenGo insaneI felt my sanitySlipping awayI barkedAt…

  • Shakespeare

    I took a tripThrough timeTo visit the bardWhose writing is sublime ShakespeareIs his nameHe is preeminentIn English literature, full of fame He’s writtenMany a superb playThere is no writer like himI can read his works all day Shakespeare’s poetryIs top notchWhen I read itI forget to check my watch The plays of MacbethAnd Hamlet, I…

  • J.S. Bach: The Fifth Evangelist and Master of Music

    Herr J.S. BachHe is my favorite composerHis music is the zenithIt will stand forever Bach wrote musicWith mathematical precisionIt is the apotheosisHis music never faces derision Bach’s musicIt was incomparable, you seeHe wroteTo praise the Trinity As an organist and composerBach reached a zenith completelyHe would construct a complex fugueExtemporaneously He wrote musicFor God’s gloryEvery…

  • Beached Whale Blues

    SometimesI feel aloneTo major depressionI am prone I’m sickOf this melancholyI want to laughAnd be jolly It is roughBeing down in the dumpsSevere mental illnessIt isn’t for chumps I know that for meChrist did atoneOn my faceHis light shone Someday my mindWill be healed totallyAnd then the blindShall see by Zachary Uram(C) 2025

  • Insomnia and Delirium: 3am Verse

    The childrenAre made insaneBy the noxiousAcid rain Trapped in a pyramidOf doomI have a feelingOf gloom I travelAcross deep spaceThe speed of lightI race White genocideIs realThe declining birthrateIs fatal I will jumpOver the moonAnd swimIn a monsoon I am sickIn my brainMental illnessCauses pain I will climbThe highest mountainAnd liveIn a log cabin by…

  • Full Ire

    I rageThrough thePitch blackNightI defeatA Satanic mageI was caughtIn a cageI am now freeI shall slayThe witch covenThey almostHad meIn their ovenThe powerOf ChristCan defeatAny foeI annihilateThe atheistsIn HellThey shall burnUnlessFrom their sinThey turnWe the ElectWere chosenBy GodWe are justifiedBy faith aloneIt is ChristWho for usDid atoneRegenerationComes firstThen we receiveTwin giftsOf faithAnd repentanceChrist is bothOur…

  • Alive in Christ: Sanctification and Mortification

    Heaven is our homeWe’re living in ChristWe have no need to roam We must dailyTake up our crossOurselves we must sanctify It’s a work of God the FatherWe are conformed to Christ in all waysOur lives bear the good fruit; we must master Sanctification is necessary to be holyIt’s hard work indeedBeing born again, we…