"My Brother, My Friend"

"My Brother, My Friend"

Brothers by half,

In the eyes of the law,

Yet brothers times two,

In the eyes of our God.

Though as children we lived

in separate homes,

Our soul tie as brothers,

transcended those walls.

You were larger than life,

To your grade-school aged bro--

When peers compared brothers,

You reigned as the king.

As men, bond grew stronger,

Though miles did increase,

As we shared jewels of wisdom,

Forged in trials of fire.

We battled our demons

Of genetics and choice,

As we walked through the valley,

Of the shadow of death.

All the while, Jesus held us

In strong, loving arms,

And hands scarred by nails,

That purchased our peace.

As we called on His Name,

And accepted His gift,

New life did He give us,

And peace, without end.

So rest now, my brother,

In the presence of Christ.

At the end of my journey,

You'll welcome me home.

©2014 Kevin E Ness

Hellmare's End

August 31, 2014

Out of the depths of his nightmare,

he wakens,

Only to find,

He was never asleep.

The lies from his childhood,

Passed down by his fathers,

Had ever so carefully,

Deadened his heart.

In its place, a pacemaker,

Of hell’s own design,

Kept up the appearance,

of being alive.

But God, in His mercy,

and grace beyond measure,

Saw fit to redeem him,

By sending His Son.

By the wounds of this Jesus,

Who bled unto death,

Does this dead man now waken,

To newness of life.

For death could not hold Him,

God’s only Begotten--

the Alpha, Omega,

Beginning and End.

Through Christ this man’s sins

have been cleansed by His blood,

And a heart made by God,

Strongly beats in his chest.

But on this side of glory,

There will ever be thorns,

To help him remember,

The crown that He bore.

Oh Lord, this man humbly

Relies on Your strength,

Rooting out every thought,

With the stench of hell’s breath.

Through Christ this man knows,

He can now do all things,

shining Life in the darkness,

for the unknowing dead.

©®Kevin E. Ness

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