It looked so fragile - I laughed.
Thin strands I could hardly see.
I figured it was harmless
and knew it couldn't hold me.
I tested it, toyed with it, and knew
I was much stronger than it.
So I played for little while
and formed a harmless habit.
There in comfort, I wrapped myself.
I failed to hear the alarm.
It enveloped - and fragile it was,
I knew it could do no harm.
At times I tried to free myself,
my soul was awful scarred.
I'd soon give up each time I tried -
My heart becoming hard.
A great deceptive spider came
and bound me up so tight,
devoured me in laughter
and I had lost the fight.
Learn from this fatal lesson,
and don't play games with sin.
We cannot do it on our own -
for Christ must live within.
©2009 louis gander ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
http://www.ganderpoems.org/
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Thin strands I could hardly see.
I figured it was harmless
and knew it couldn't hold me.
I tested it, toyed with it, and knew
I was much stronger than it.
So I played for little while
and formed a harmless habit.
There in comfort, I wrapped myself.
I failed to hear the alarm.
It enveloped - and fragile it was,
I knew it could do no harm.
At times I tried to free myself,
my soul was awful scarred.
I'd soon give up each time I tried -
My heart becoming hard.
A great deceptive spider came
and bound me up so tight,
devoured me in laughter
and I had lost the fight.
Learn from this fatal lesson,
and don't play games with sin.
We cannot do it on our own -
for Christ must live within.
©2009 louis gander ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
http://www.ganderpoems.org/
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I taught a lesson on being trapped in sin, around Halloween. This poem can be used well in teaching junior or teen aged children as well as adults. Thank-you so much for writing it. ~ a friend
ReplyDeleteI'm praying for you Louis.
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