The True Word
By Oda Lisa Hernandez,
Wimberley, Texas

Where can we find truth from Above,
regarding the one to preach it?
For forty years, I've heard it all.
There is one voice altruistic.
Yet, one man used oral testing,
claimed a million reasons to die.
Pronounced that God would take him,
but was allowed to live that lie.
A man deemed songs with Satan's sting,
who, himself, was quite a braggart,
hid the blackguard in his own heart,
except his Mexican swagger.
Jerry fell well with Y2K,
advising Christians to buy guns.
Then, he blamed a purple puppet,
for holding the bag of its "mum."
A similar Jerry-atric,
whose southern vines produced sour grapes,
he spreads seeds of intolerance,
cultivating vast fields of hate.
If God snatched up all the Christians,
leaving others behind to cry,
then where is Christian endurance,
if believers can't even try?
So who, among these examples,
can reflect God's good in the world?
All have the tongue of turpitude.
Only Jesus has the true word.

Updated Thursday, December 26, 2002