THEY WERE SWARMING
I don’t know what the problem was,
But a lot of blue lights* flashed,
Nearly every mile or two
Some poor guy’s bad luck hatched…
Though some had vehicles towed off
I’m glad I wasn’t one,
I’ve spent my time on the roadside
And at night it isn’t fun!
–Jonathan Caswell
* In Massachusetts…that means THE COPS!!!! 🙂
I WANTED TO…
I wanted to write a poem
On man’s attitude toward
How to treat women…
It seemed above-board.
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I thought a healthy attitude
Of respect some distance required…
A way to avoid getting close,
Until meeting the girl inspired.
–
Then Jimmy and Karen Evans,*
The ministry…MARRIAGE TODAY…
Told of a study
That tore my assumptions away.
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Jimmy Evans cited a study,
He didn’t say just where…
Where young men saw “R” movies
Which changed attitudes they shared.
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After watching but three movies,
Don’t know the measures used…
Young men thought women were objects
For pleasure being abused.
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Although the study didn’t measure
Woman’s views to any degree…
Would be logical how girls view themselves
Depends on female roles seen.
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These attitudes must’ve been learned somehow,
Originally through Mom and Dad…
Observing them and folks outside
Molding the attitudes had.
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We seem to learn by example
Through parents and movie roles…
Respect for women or playing the vamp,
Whichever is etched on souls.
–Jonathan Caswell
* See http://marriagetoday.com/ . I believe the subject came up during the September 29, 2013, TV broadcast.
KEPT WOMEN FREED
In Cleveland, Ohio,
Three women and a child freed….
From ten years cooped up
In some form of slavery.
–
Discussed on radio last night,*
A psychologist suggested
That time be sought for them to debrief
Without being media-molested.
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“His wife”** went through similar things,
Nearly ten years of fright…
She didn’t know when she’d be attacked:
It would be outside at night.
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For her it was an older kin
That kept her in chains…
But when her family found out,
They took extra special pains…
To shut the thing up
And keep it extra quiet,
As though by that it would go away
Not causing an internal riot.
–
Years and years of hurt
And questions within herself…
Were left churning behind the mask,
Left throbbing on a shelf;
Not til she could leave home
Would the knot inside unravel,
Getting far away from the place
With threatened midnight travel.
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The hurt and fear remain
And she’s tried to reconcile,
Being tortured for those ten long years
With a life that now brings a smile.
–
If there is introspection
To figure out their delayed lives,
These precious ones need protection…
And resolution like his wife’s.
–Jonathan Caswell
*Coast-to-Coast-AM…a little after 1 AM, on AM 580 WTAG.
**A real person, being protected.
His Help, His Forgiveness
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I look for help, so where does it come from?
Not by my hand or my brothers does it come.
So I look in the valley and all is quiet and still;
I lift up my eyes but my help is not on the hill.
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My help comes from the Lord the Creator of all;
He’s my strength and shield He will not let me fall.
I fear not for the Lord protects and watches keeps;
He is my champion He neither slumbers nor sleeps.
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The Lord keeps and protects me night and day;
His words of loving promises guide me on His way.
His precepts and laws teach me wrong from right;
And His fervent love stands guard through the night.
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The Lord blessed me with a treasure of a great wife;
He gives me the wisdom to accept His good life.
And when I fall flat on my face and fail making mess;
He dust me off and reminds me of His forgiveness.
–
Carl A. Gooch ~ 25 April 2013
SUDDEN REPENTANCE
In the midst of an old man’s fantasy
About a young girl he adored…
He realized, woe is me,
What if her innocence were ignored?
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An elder or a younger man,
With evil on the mind…
Could take her as a mere trophy
Then cast the wreckage behind!
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He began to pray unto his Lord
Sincere and fervently…
To keep his adored from such pain,
At least ’til maturity.
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Too many young ones taken
By evil men for lust,
Are broken down and lose their souls…
Betrayed by unknowing trust.
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The innocence of childhood
In a body that looks adult…
Still needs to be protected,
Not cheated by craft and guilt.
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He enjoyed the innocent laughter
That the young woman produced…
Ashamed of his own thoughts after,
How he wished she was ne’er seduced
To give up what and whom she was,
For a single time of loss…
Until the time she could willingly
Love a man who was worth the cost!
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He had no daughters, neither sons,
But he felt a burden true…
Praying to protect the innocent ones
Including perhaps you, too.
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 