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Author of A Time to Kill.
Poetry
Press on!
Just what are you to doWith the time given you?You hustle and runLike one with a gunAt his head fearing the endTo which only God can sendAny of us when He’s doneWith all our wander-some fun.It is He who reignsAnd made all the rulesDesigned to curb the lust of fools.Leave double-mindedness behind.Get with the grind.Got […]
michaelbray
Nov 20, 20201 min read
Each of the Temptations
Each of the Temptations Fell into temptation and None lived happily ever after. Life is more than songs and fun Jokes and money and laughter, Running and reeling, Looking for feeling, Not knowing what to do, No grip on what’s true. At the end of the day There is only one way; Do what is […]
michaelbray
Nov 19, 20201 min read
You Gave Up Your Choice
You gave up your choice To have a baby When you decided to copulate. Yeah, it’s too late to state Your reasons for rejecting The fruit of your decision. You’re stuck with the derision And the family division Over the baby you didn’t want. Might just haunt You for some time to come. Yes, there […]
michaelbray
Nov 18, 20201 min read
When We Build Our Lives
When we build our lives Around our frail selves They soon become a blight. In our memories past The pleasures and pursuits outlasted By the closing of creditorsUpon us with a fury Paying us back for the hurry We made of our time. What do we owe others Brothers, mothers, and God Himself When all […]
michaelbray
Nov 17, 20201 min read
Well, What Did You Do?
“Well, what did you do today?” she asks. Well, its always a thing or two, I say: I think, I write, I meditate, I don’t hesitate or wait. He’s there on the spot to hear And I go right there without fear Of His might and holy power To devour right on the spot. And […]
michaelbray
Nov 17, 20201 min read
‘Tis a Taste of Inspiration
‘Tis a taste of inspiration Writing poems in the morning Like a spirit down upon me I write and think after the words Go down on paper without warning. Thoughts come down prompted By His movement in our mindsHow He opens them to the Life, The Truth we heed or die. We need not wonder […]
michaelbray
Nov 17, 20201 min read
Clean Up the D.C. Swamp
Got to clean up the D.C. swamp Got a man who can do it named Trump Gonna throw out the liberals Hear their whining and snivels? Done gone crazy without the power And oh my but times are dower! No more are they the boss Seats of power at a loss But the Law must […]
michaelbray
Nov 17, 20201 min read
Dear Sons and Daughters
God hates divorce And so do we! If you want to please Him Or us, do what you can To avoid what He hates, The pain surely unforeseen. Imagine things you can’t imagine, Roads you haven’t traveled With no signs for direction, The tension of life on a road Unmarked by instruction, To be hustling […]
michaelbray
Nov 16, 20201 min read
Divorce
Finally, as if a matter of course Came to our family a divorce, Elli and Brandon divided. This they just decided And told us this very day, The fourteenth of November. Not a date to remember With any fondness or joy, We are made very sad. The joy they might have had Including the One […]
michaelbray
Nov 16, 20201 min read
Soul Sick
The fall of a marriage Makes one sad indeed. Two lives, one, undone Hearts suffer; they bleed. There is no cure for a break In that bond forever made Between the two who make The pledge to ever love one another. ‘Tis no small vow but easily made And consequences go unweighed When love is […]
michaelbray
Nov 16, 20201 min read
There Once Was a Girl
There once was a girl name o’ Jayne Drove me a little “insaney” By her had many-a kid And all that we did Was intended to serve the Lord. Well, we never got bored, Had no money but hoarded All that we could, Did all that we should And onward we soared To that lofty reward. […]
michaelbray
Nov 13, 20201 min read
We Will Miss the Trump
We will miss the TrumpA long, weary reign to comeUnder the Biden bumpBut just a jolt in the road.There is hope aheadAs we remain well fedBy those whose questIs that best which is foundIn abiding under the Law,Not in a bum hidin’From the truth and scaredTo meet and greet the people.Yes, it is that Truth […]
michaelbray
Nov 12, 20201 min read
Love the Lord Your God (Deut. 11)
Love the Lord Your God Always keep His statutes Mighty hand and outstretched arm Keep us from any real harm Signs and works in Egypt He did While from harm His people hid And what He did to Egypt’s army! Smacked ’em down, made ’em smarmy! Soaked ’em in that Sea of Red The whole […]
michaelbray
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Deut. Ten
Gudgodah! What a place to go Aaron dead and enemies to dread Wandering hither and yon No regular place to lay your head. Those Israelites had it rough But the Lord was making ’em tough Shoring up their resolve to follow Turning from attractions shallow What better offers were given Than to obey the God […]
michaelbray
Nov 11, 20201 min read
What’s Worse?
What’s worse? Pro-choice Slave holding Confederates Or pro-choice baby-killing Democrats? (Sorry, Southerners to make this equation No personal insult is intended But for the sake of argument It is recommended.) The choice to buy and sell a slave Was a right once commended.All of course depended Upon the value of a human. Some were deemed […]
michaelbray
Nov 10, 20201 min read
Way Back
Way back in the seventies There was plenty of glee, A time of romance and “Kathie Lee” A champ was I on the mat With a destiny for Annapolis. ‘Twas a prospect many cherished Even while some to war would perish. There to stay or leave I pondered An opportunity not to be squandered But […]
michaelbray
Nov 5, 20201 min read
Blowing an Abortuary
He who blows up and abortuary With or without his wife Does so without worry, pain or strife Over the question of whether he May save or injure a person. The issue is settled by the fact That the location where the Children are butchered Is no longer in tact. A simple truth forsooth. When […]
michaelbray
Nov 4, 20201 min read
The Dems Ain’t
The Dems ain’tWhat they used to be. There’s a thing we call apostasy When folks leave basic principles Of Right and Wrong And wander off as If high on a bong Floating from notion to notion With no idea what to do With that life in a mom. Just a “crisis” or a “choice” Got […]
michaelbray
Nov 2, 20201 min read
Who Lived in Arabah?
Who lived in Arabah Across from Gilgal? Those Canannaites O what a fright! Wicked as they were They were nothing but punks. When the Lord was through O what could they do? When He said, “Dispossess! Bring on the stress!” What a mess He made of their heads; It was full blown dread. Said to […]
michaelbray
Nov 2, 20201 min read
Ours Is but a Foretaste
The fathers went down to Egypt Many long years ago And became as numerous as heaven. He sent me to jail with only three. Now – plus grands – we have eleven. When I think of Anastasia Who would have made us twelve, The child who never was among us, I imagine her well occupied […]
michaelbray
Oct 29, 20201 min read
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