This Poem was Submitted By: Mark Steven Scheffer On Date: 2014-08-24 17:24:50 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Quandary

                             And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.    Matthew 22:39                                                                                    he came to                                                                                     save                                                                                    sinners,                                                                                    but sinners can’t be                                                                                     saved                                                                                    this is a bit of a quandary                                                                                    that man next door,                                                                                    with four daughters,                                                                                    
, 15, 16 and 18,                                                                                    why God planted him there,                                                                                    next door,                                                                                    with them four,                                                                                    is as extravagant to me                                                                                    as predestination,                                                                                    yet,                                                                                     alas, alas, alas and alas,                                                                                    much closer to                                                                                    HOME.

Copyright © August 2014 Mark Steven Scheffer

This Poem was Critiqued By: Joe Gustin On Date: 2014-09-02 21:40:39
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Hummm. The Bible up close and personal. I don;t believe in predestination, more like an interpretation of events. this poem is very challenging on so many levels, and a very interesting read

This Poem was Critiqued By: Tony P Spicuglia On Date: 2014-08-30 09:54:27
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
Sir, I read this several times to capture what it was about it that unsettled me, and scratched the unsettlement. Of sinners (too difficult a discussion for a critique, legalities aside, wasn’t that what the propitiation was all about, setting aside the law books?). So taking that into consideration, - planted – I am sure you realize that by proxy the concept is –extravagant- and smacks of predestination- nevertheless- we go there together, why the significance of four daughters (ages notwithstanding). now, there would be the exegesis of the word extravagant, and as the ball is hit from the playing field, out of bounds boundary creep, with its desultory reward. a fine piece to make my morning better.
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