The “I” in SIN

I felt I had to write

But I knew not what,

However I persisted

And here is what I got.

Looking at the first verse

Here is what I saw

The “I” is dominating

Hence the self-rule law.

There is a tendency

To think so much of self,

Me, myself and I

Put others on the shelf.

Not quite the advice

That’s ordered in the Word:

God then others then I

It’s like I hadn’t heard.

The “I” so imposing

Sticks out like a sore thumb,

And reaching out to others

Not nearly so much fun.

It’s at the root of all evil

I must always be first,

And only by the Holy Spirit

Can one effect the reverse.

Lucifer was the first

That sought to push the “I”,

Now he’s the source of evil

Having left the sky.

Eve followed thereafter

As Satan led the way,

It must be mine she thought

And so it is today.

What ever the “I” sees

It is for the “I” to own,

And so we have a world of “I”

And the “I” lives there alone.

Except of course for the “I’s”

Who see the same as he,

If there is any getting

The getting must be me.

Certainly not a good one

This portrait I have painted

But definitely a picture

With which we are acquainted.

The “I’s” have it

And that is unanimously so,

No wonder the Rastas declare

“I” and “I” in co.

God becomes the big “I”

I must be just like Him,

First Satan then Eve

Then a world full of SIN.

Do not misunderstand

The verse before this verse,

To be our own gods

Brings on us SIN’s curse.

Seize It Now!

 It has to be mine

And not tomorrow “I” urge

But now is the best time.

The “I” in SIN spells greed

Or avarice you may say,

Whatever you may call it

The “I” is the SIN-sick way.

Stewart Russell (c) January 2019