After the Ball

 

 

After the ball was over:

Perhaps you know the song

Or maybe you know of Cinderella

After the midnight gong.

 

We can put the party

In the place of the ball

And whether it is BLP, DLP or PIP,

One day it will fall.

 

Given the current trends

This may seem unlikely

But nuisance legislation will bring

Unpopularity.

 

One’s sense is made dull

With parties and revelry

But soon the party crazed realizes

It is all empty.

 

The little they receive

They spend it on the party

And who knows better than this party?

Barbados Labour Party.

 

Get them drunk on fun,

Dull their fertile mind

And they will return you to power

Each and every time.

 

Wine is a mocker,

Strong drink is raging:

And whosoever is deceived thereby

Is not wise.

 

Deception is all around

Thus, it pays to be wise,

Much that appears to be alluring

Are hooks in disguise.

 

 

Many have taken the bait

And are nibbling away

But the party will come to an end

On an appointed day.

 

Count back three verses

To Proverbs 14 verse 1,

At the very end of your party

Will everything be gone?

 

When your party is ended

Where will you turn?

Will you turn to one more secure

Or just crash and burn?

 

I recommend one

That time does not impact,

All history past, present and future

Are to Him known fact.

 

 

Seasons change Him not

Neither party allurement,

He declares the end from the beginning

And brings it to fulfilment.

 

This one is Yahweh,

Creator even of time

And every single birth and death

Is a dot on time’s line.

 

Neither BLP nor DLP

Can add one minute to you,

When your allotted breaths are used up

There’s nothing any can do.

 

Let your God-given mind

Rest upon this fact:

Absolute allegiance to any party

Is a sinister trap.

 

Party all you will

With whichever you choose

But if your win is a God-less win,

Then, you lose.

 

Stewart Russell © August 23, 2025