Sacred Covenant Renewed

Sacred Covenant Renewed

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Heard violence 

In the wasteland

Heard 

Abandoned

Broken 

Children 

Sing the

Blues

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Saw waters 

Disappear 

Fading 

Sand

Tasted 

Ocean 

Waves

Times

Ticking

For

Me 

You

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Fell 

Down 

Black

Muddy 

River 

Questioned 

All 

I believed 

True

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Prayed for 

Better 

World 

Remembered

Future children 

Saw my daughter

Called to

Spirit 

Praying

Dying earth

Would be 

Healed 

Anew

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Heard babies 

Crying 

Alone 

Born in sorrow 

Unconditional 

Love

Crucified

Dead body 

Abused

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Shattered 

Sacred covenant

Forgotten Spirit 

Great Protector

Saw fallen angels 

Countless 

Mysterious signs

Secrets too

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Tasted blood 

Smelled ghats 

Burning bodies

Ganges ghosts 

Ancient ones 

Said adieu

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Lost natives 

Starving high 

Arid Andes

Skies reigned 

Down fire

Death bells 

Tolled

In cracks

Suffering 

Flowers 

Grew

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World 

Been

Around 

Long time 

Sacred earth 

Mourns 

Gifts blindly 

Used

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Great Deceiver 

Burned down 

Holy shrines

Feeding 

Humanity's 

Corruption

Killed

Spirits 

Holy 

Muse

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Few 

Scattered 

Living

Among 

Debris

Wondering 

If Sacred 

Books

Read 

Were 

True

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In the distance 

Lone 

Bluesman's 

Cracked 

Voice 

Singing

Sheep 

Begging 

Great 

Shepherd

Praying

Their

Lost 

Souls 

Be

Reborn 

Anew

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My story 

It's old

Repeats 

Itself

Last inning

Stakes high

Life could 

Conclude

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Humanity 

Open

Your

Eyes

Revealed

Revelation 

Unread 

Upon shelf

Word 

Made

Flesh

Near end

Holy Spirit 

Our

Covenant 

Must

Be

Renewed

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Long ago 

Answers 

Blew

Some say 

In the wind

Blown across 

Dusty 

Barren plains

Four riders 

Approached

Burning terror

Revealing vast 

Darkness within

All living 

Beings

Including

Me

You

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Peace 

Dove 

Flew

Forgave 

Sins

Singing joy

Holy Spirit 

Lives 

We arrived

Praying 

No more 

Blues

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Countless 

Angels

Descended 

First were last

Lost sheep found

No sentient being 

Did we lose

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Beneath 

Rainbows smile

Heard cries 

New-born 

Animals

Shadows

Death valley

Healed green 

Harm doers 

Subdued 

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People 

Gathered 

Kneeling

Praying

Spirit 

Around fires

Singing 

Holy songs

Evil undone

Rivers birds

Fish returned

New life 

Had begun

Peace

Love

We did

Choose

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In the end

Truth be told

Unconditional 

Loves 

Battle

Was won

Long ago

Ancient 

Prophecy 

True

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Divine

Celestial 

Music

We

Sing

Swim

Sacred

Healing

Waters

All

Beings

Reborn

Anew

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David Penn Arndt 2022

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Artwork - Eden by Bill Bell