Modern-Day Jeremiah

I'm a modern-day Jeremiah, though no profit am I
Images of suffering and sorrow come to my mind

Broken fragments of a mysterious dream
Paint a terrifying and heartbreaking scene

Down a crevice, utter darkness engulfing me
My limbs flailing as I fall endlessly

The putrid smell of sulfur, steals my breath
As I forge deeper into the bottomless depth

Suddenly a gentle voice calls out, “have no fear”
“You’re an heir with Me, your fate is not here”

Reassured, I am gripped by a sudden confusion
What is the point of my mind’s  illusion?

In the darkness three figures are somehow revealed
With flesh ravaged by burns, I knew would never heal

And teeth ground by anguish down to a fine dust
All screaming so loudly, it seemed their lungs would bust

And as I stared into their hopeless and pleading eyes
My heart beat raced as I recoiled in surprise

Because in those circles of brown, green and blue
I recognized the gaze of three people I knew

I saw the eyes of a father whose choices scar
And a friend from the past that time had taken far

But it was third figure’s identity that made me cringe
For their was the one on whom I had vowed revenge

Now wide awake I fight the urge to weep
Unshed tears making it hard to speak

For as I ponder what my mind’s eye recalls
A sense of awe and dread across me falls

For a fate far worse than my mind can conceive
Awaits those who refuse to accept and believe

In the sacrifice of the Savior upon the cross
That can redeem and spare any from sin’s awful cost

And so I vow to cast aside my childish fears
To proclaim His message to the deafest of ears

To let no words from my heart go unsaid
Or any prayer go unprayed before I lay down my head

The cleverness of my words matters none
For the act of saving is God’s to get done

But I act out of devotion to the Lamb I cherish
As I will with Him that no friend or foe should perish