The Natural Man

Tomorrow I'll awake and slip into my threads

the epiphanies of tonight I'll probably lose

that train of thought a garden of delight

but the problems of tomorrow life will choose

 

I'll have made my decisions life to change

like those who swear off a habits lent

but when I awake the flesh will rule

and for its desire time will be spent

 

I can tie my shoes not even thinking

the customs of my fathers not forget

every path of life is set before us 

but living without reasoning I'll regret

 

If I do not reflect upon all history

or upon the strand of life I live

I'm doomed to failure of its mystery

if attention to its standards I not give

 

But so embedded in my body its demands

that wars with my minds intelligence

though I know of carnalities commands

my will power will make light of its pretense

 

So only of my own needs will I seek

I'll not consider your life or your duress

for I only look upon the man in mirror

and of all its lies I'll not confess

 

My focus will be only what I can see

its mind not be shaped by what I do

for the spirit belonging to the carnal man

will never seek or rely upon what's true

 

I will flatter myself and you with praise

I'll not recognize how insipid its emptiness

unfortunately I'll prattle on its savor

or to fill what is empty I'll not address

 

With assertions of the common beliefs invoke

for upon my peers I lavish jest

what's intricate has likely suffered broke

for this is why you'll never see my best

 

I plan to fill my life with pleasures song

for the universe cares not about my grave

there is no such thing as right or wrong

so with merriment I choose my road to pave

 

Alas my self centered mind I'll not dispense

the struggle of its strife too hard to fight

I have no shield for all my lacks defense

in all of this I've failed my own insight

 

I will speak to you as though I really care

but you know in truth not a dime I'll spend

because of course all know life's not fair

like all actors only my role will I defend

 

So there you have it a nutshell

If I do any good at all I'll want its praise

for I have set to establish my own glory

and to be written on your memory my days

 

source 1Cor 2:14  , but read the whole chapter

Romans 10:3

 

COPYRIGHT © 2012 C. Michael Miller

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Reviews

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The cadence of this poem is spectacular. It flows with such a graceful ease from one thought to the next. No critique at all. Very well written.