Do the Right Thing

 

 

Do the right thing

Come what may,

Don’t let anyone influence you

Any other way.

 

Sell your products

And sell your skills

But never sell yourself

For the devil’s pill.

 

His cure for all

Is a deadening pill,

That makes his patient numb

And insensitive.

 

It affects the eye

The brain and heart

And your power to reason

Just falls apart.

 

Do not be bought

But do the right thing,

Don’t sacrifice your integrity

For a fleeting fling.

 

Be a sore thumb

If it comes to that

But do not sell your soul

And be entrapped.

 

Do the right thing

Come what may,

Don’t let anyone influence you

Any other way.

 

Stewart Russell © February 28, 2025

 

Don’t Be Deceived

 

Don’t be

So naïve

To conceive

That you can receive

Jesus

If you don’t believe

That he died

Your soul

To retrieve;

From such

There is

No reprieve.

For one

Must believe

That Jesus

Was conceived

Of the

Holy Spirit

To receive

Eternal salvation

And not

Be deceived

To believe

Salvation is in any other.

For they

Who believe

Are they

Who receive

Jesus

Whose souls

Are retrieved

From destruction

And who

Are reprieved

And finally relieved

Of the body of death.

So let

Faith arise

Having been apprised

Of the impending

Demise

For they who

Wouldn’t realize

And they who

Who consistently

Despise

The salvation

In which hope lies.

For without

This hope

You’ll have to cope

With the

Slippery slope

And the suicidal

Rope

You place around

You neck

Having eloped

With the enemy

Of your soul.

One final word

In case

You haven’t heard

Or you are still

Bent on being absurd;

Your sins confess

Your penitence express

Acknowledge your distress

Let Jesus

Sort your mess

And at his behest

Accept his rest.

Stewart Russell © 2016