Saturday, September 29, 2012

(Matthew 10:29) SPARROW


Matthew 10:29

Are not two little sparrows sold for a penny? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s consent and notice


SPARROW


WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN
I WROTE A POEM
ABOUT A SPARROW DYING
IN THE GUTTER OF A BUSY STREET

I SUBMITTED IT
I RECEIVED A REJECTION SLIP

A COUPLE MORE
AND I CAN PAPER MY BEDROOM

ANYWAY
THE REJECTION SAID

SHOULD WE WORRY
ABOUT THE DEATH
OF ONE SPARROW

THIS WAS AFTER THE WAR
WHEN DEATH WAS CHEAP

IT ALWAYS BOTHERED ME
NOT THE REJECTION
BUT THE REASON

THE GOSPEL SAYS
A BIRD BOUGHT FOR A PENNY
IS NO LESS VALUABLE
THAN AN EAGLE

BOTH ARE EQUAL IN GOD’S SIGHT
AND NEITHER CAN DIE
WITHOUT HIS CONSENT

IF WE CARE FOR THE LITTLE THINGS
IN THIS WORLD

WILL WE NOT DO BETTER
IN THE BIGGER THINGS

SHOULD WE NOT HAVE RESPECT FOR LIFE
NO MATTER HOW INSIGNIFICANT IN OUR EYES

IF GOD CARES FOR IT
WHY NOT US

AN OCTOBER THOUGHT
 MAYBE
BUT ONE WORTH
OUR CONSIDERATION

FRANK A VOLLMER



Wednesday, September 26, 2012

(Ecclesiastes 7:10) AND ON SUNDAY





THERE ARE THOSE AMONG US
WHO WISH FOR SIMPLER
EARLY TIMES

WHEN WHITE WAS WHITE
BLACK WAS BLACKS
AND THE BLACKS KNEW THEIR PLACE

ON SUNDAY WE SANG THE LORDS PRAYER

WHILE CHURCHES WERE BOMBED
PEOPLE WERE LYNCHED
FIRE HOSES AND DOGS
WERE TURNED ON PROTESTORS

ON SUNDAY WE SANG THE LORDS PRAYER

WHERE CHILDREN WORKED IN FACTORIES
WHERE WAGES WERE
WORK ALL YOUR LIFE
AND DIE POOR

ON SUNDAY WE SANG THE LORDS PRAYER

WHERE RICH MEN’S SONS
WENT TO COLLEGE
POOR MEN’S SONS
WENT TO WAR

ON SUNDAY WE SANG THE LORDS PRAYER

WHERE RELIGIONS
CONTRIBUTED TO DIVISION
WHERE JUSTIFICATION FOR EVIL
WAS SOUGHT BY BIBLICAL SCHOLARS

ON SUNDAY WE SANG THE LORDS PRAYER

WHERE WATER FOUNTAINS WERE SEPARATE
BATHROOMS
SCHOOLS
WAITING ROOMS
HOSPITALS




WHERE LIBRARIES WERE DENIED
AND CHURCH DOORS CLOSED

ON SUNDAY WE SANG THE LORDS PRAYER

FRANK A VOLLMER



Friday, September 21, 2012

RED MIST




THERE IS AN INCIDENT
CALLED THE RED MIST
IT’S WHEN
A PERSON
IS VAPORIZED
BY AN EXPLOSION

WE LIVE IN AN AGE
WHERE MEN WHO DO NOT FIGHT
ARE EAGER
TO SEND OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS
IN HARM’S WAY

WHERE IF THE WORSE HAPPENS
THERE WON’T BE ANYTHING
TO PUT IN A BODY BAG

SHOULD THEY THINK THEMSELVES
LUCKY
IF THEY ARE ONLY WOUNDED
IN BODY OR MIND

WHY SHOULD OUR YOUTH
FIGHT
FOR AN UNKNOWN
OR SHALLOW CAUSE

WHY DO THOSE
WHO SAY THEY LOVE GOD
WANT
WITHOUT HESITATION
TO KILL HIS CREATION

LET US REPLACE
THE RED MIST
WITH THE ROSY COLOR OF YOUTH


FRANK A VOLLMER



Sunday, September 16, 2012

(MARK 8:27-30) MESSIAH




TWO THINGS THAT JESUS SAID
OF THE MANY

TWO THINGS
WERE FOREMOST IN HIS BRAIN

WHO DO YOU THINK I AM

AND PETER
WHO HAD BEEN STRUGGLING
WITH THAT THOUGHT

FELT HIS THOUGHT CRYSTALLIZED
WITH THE QUESTION
BLURTED OUT IN TYPICAL PETER FASHION

YOU ARE GOD’S ANOINTED ONE
THE MESSIAH

THEN DREW BACK IN DISMAY

HE
JESUS
THE SECOND MOSES
TO LEAD THEM AGAIN
FROM CAPTIVITY

HE
JESUS
A SECOND DAVID
TO RULE AS KING
OVER A RESTORED ISRAEL

HE
JESUS
A GENTLE LAMB
NOT A RAGING BULL
OR SPIRITED HORSE

A GENTLE LAMB
THAT HE WANTED TO PROTECT

A GOOD MAN
BUT A MESSIAH
HIS OWN STATEMENT LEFT HIM PUZZLED

THE SECOND THING JESUS SAID
WAS AT THEIR LAST PASSOVER
WHEN HE SAID TO THE TWELVE
ONE OF YOU WILL BETRAY ME

THE TWO STATEMENTS
EVENTUALLY
LED TO A SCENARIO
OF CHRISTIAN LIFE

WE DECLARE CHRIST TO BE OUR SAVIOR
THEN SELL HIM FOR OUR OWN WILL
WE DO IT AGAIN
AND AGAIN
AND AGAIN

AND CHRIST
KNOWING FULL WELL THE END
DID NOT HESITATE TO MAKE THE JOURNEY


FRANK A VOLLMER


Monday, September 10, 2012

candy store



IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COLD WAR
THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
ORDERED A STUDY
HOW THE HUMAN POPULATION
WOULD REACT TO A NUCLEAR WAR

THE HUMAN POPULATION THAT IS
THAT SURVIVED

THEY TOOK AS ONE OF THEIR SOURCE MATERIALS
THE IMPACT IN THE 13 HUNDREDS
OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE
THE BLACK DEATH

THEY FOUND THAT IT WEAKENED THE CHURCH
GAVE RISE TO FANATICISM
LIBERATED THE PEASANT
ADVANCED MEDICAL SCIENCE

KILLED APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE POPULATION
MORE OR LESS
DEPENDING ON THE REGION

WHILE MANY ABOVE THE SALT
BEHAVED BADLY
OFTEN ABANDONING THEIR POST
THOSE BELOW
PERFORMED BETTER

NOT EVERYONE
NOT EVERY TIME
BUT ENOUGH TO CALL IT A MANNER

BUT ONE TRAIT
WHICH OCCURRED
WHICH IS MEANINGFUL FOR OUR DAY
THE HAVES WOULD NOT SHARE

WE
IN THIS COUNTRY
ARE LIVING THROUGH A DISASTER

AND THE POOR
HAVE THAT EMPTY FEELING
A CHILD HAS
WHEN LOOKING AT A CANDY STORE
AND CAN’T AFFORD TO BUY


FRANK A VOLLMER



Sunday, September 2, 2012

JAMES 1:27



WHY
IN THIS MOST CHRISTIAN COUNTRY
WHY WE CARE SO LITTLE ABOUT OUR MISFORTUNATES
WHEN THE HEBREW BIBLE
IS REDUNDANT
ABOUT HOW THEY ARE TREATED
AND IN THE NEW
JESUS MAKES CLEAR
HOW HE JUDGES US
BY HOW WE TREAT OTHERS
I SEE ONLY TWO CHOICES
CHANGE THE WAY WE ACT
OR QUIT CALLING OURSELVES
CHRISTIAN
UNTIL WE PUT OUR ACTIONS
WITH OUR WORDS
WE DON’T DESERVE THE NAME
FRANK A VOLLMER