darkness cannot stand much longer

Jesus' kingdom is so much stronger

actually it dwarfs the competition

no matter the Devil's vain ambition

he just will never win or be enthroned

simply one day reaping all that he has sown

he will fade away into the black night

as Jesus will shine with blinding light

King of the universe He will stand

revealing His kingdom magnificent and grand

at last healing His creation's groan

and His people who will never again be alone

as light will have annihilated the dark

can you already hear the angel's hark

for the trumpet is about to blow

and the kingdom flood about to flow

late into the night

I write

transparent before Him to Whom I pray

He Who knows before the words I say

I am here struck with a shade of the melancholic

trying to find those meadows in which to frolic

sparring life with its many trials

attempting to find those days with many smiles

but there is a celebration of grace amidst the void

the mist need not be annoyed

for oftentimes the King is known in the haze

the eventide after the days

dimly lit

and joined by a vague silhouette

yet the substance of which we struggle to see

is ultimately

the true reality

as intimacy with God comes in the deep

those times when we easily weep

but regardless of all the cluttering noise

we can rejoice

Jesus, the Jewish carpenter

has become our final arbiter

the watershed demarcation of who we are

something to raise our quasi-spiritual bar

now I am here a cappella without instrumentation

simply me, clinging to His salvation

wanting to break my alabaster jar for Jesus

every day until my earthly life ceases

giving any and all for my King

just to make His heart sing

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