The Cold Within

[Chie]

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Six humans trapped by happenstance [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]In black and bitter cold [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Each possessed a stick of wood, [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Or so the story's told.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Their dying fire in need of logs, [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]The first woman held hers back [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]For on the faces around the fire [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]She noticed one was black. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]The next man looking 'cross the way [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Saw one not of his church [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]And couldn't bring himself to give [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]The fire his stick of birch. [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]The third one sat in tattered clothes [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]He gave his coat a hitch, [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Why should his log be put to use [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]To warm the idle rich? [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]The rich man just sat back and thought [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Of the wealth he had in store, [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]And how to keep what he had earned [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]From the lazy, shiftless poor.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]The black man's face bespoke revenge [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]As the fire passed from his sight, [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]For all he saw in his stick of wood [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Was a chance to spite the white.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]And the last man of this forlorn group [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Did naught except for gain, [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Giving only to those who gave [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Was how he played the game.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]The logs held tight in death's stilled hands [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Was proof of human sin, [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]They didn't die from the cold without, [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]They died from the cold within. [/SIZE][/FONT]​

 

[growingupinhim]

very well said..let us not be either cold or lukewarm..but Hot..
May we keep the fire burning..a love for Jesus and others!

 

[TheWakeUpCaller]

wow! What a powerful reminder. It has been a long time since I have seen this. It is sad because it is still true today. Let us love one another as Christ loves us.

 

[tonybartoli4hope]

-WOW WOW WOW!! - I love this one soooooo much
May we keep it as a reminder to break down walls and Love others as CHRIST loves us!! The Church- not the denomination--
-God Bless
-tony

 

[JPPT1974]

We need to love as Christ loves!