POEM OF TEN

ON THIS SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DAY OF 1984

WITH CHRIST INSIDE MY HEART, LOVE AROUND ME NOW DOES POUR.

I CALL TO THE MASTER AND TO GOD'S PRESENCE DESCEND

GIVE US WORDS OF WISDOM AND A WORLD OF PEACE BEGIN.

HE SAID, "MY DEAR BROTHER MANY LESSONS HAVE TO BE GIVEN

NOW IS THE TIME FOR THOSE LESSONS TO BE LIVING".

WAY BEFORE THE CHILD'S BIRTH, THERE WAS A MAN NAMED MOSES

HE WAS GIVEN TEN SIMPLE THINGS THAT NOTHING PRESUPPOSES.

THEY WERE GIVEN TO HIM UPON A MOUNTAIN,

STANDING BY A BURNING BUSH,

JUST SOME RULES TO LIVE LIFE IN PEACE, SOME WISE SUGGESTIONS,

NOTHING FORCED AND NOTHING PUSHED.  

THESE LAWS ARE RIGHT, THESE LAWS ARE JUST

TO LIVE IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, THESE LAWS ARE A MUST!  

LOVE THE LORD GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL, AND MIND,

THY SELF AND THY NEIGHBOR FOR  ALL ARE  DIVINE. 

YOU MUST NOT MURDER, STEAL, OR LIE

YOUR DEEDS RETURN TO YOU, FOR THIS IS WHY.

FOR WHAT YOU SOW IS WHAT YOU REAP

IT IS VERY WISE TO THE COMMANDMENTS KEEP.  

ANOTHER'S BELONGINGS YOU MUST NOT DESIRE

FOR THEY WERE WITH LOTS OF WORK ACQUIRED.

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH

TO CAUSE FEAR IN ANOTHER, YOU COULD GET PUNCHED.  

TO "FOOL AROUND" WITH ANOTHER ONE'S MAN OR WIFE

CAN CAUSE GREAT PROBLEMS AND UNBEARABLE STRIFE.

EXPAND YOUR VIEWPOINT, WOULD YOU WANT TO BE THERE?

YOU'RE UNTRUE TO YOURSELF IF YOU SAY YOU DON'T CARE.  

WORK SIX DAYS AND ON THE SEVENTH REST,

KEEP AT LEAST ONE DAY HOLY AND BRING OUT THE BEST.

DON'T FORGET GOD AND GET BOUND UP IN WORK

DON'T GET CAUGHT IN THE ILLUSION AND START TO ACT LIKE A JERK.  

ALL SEVEN DAYS ARE HOLY, GOD'S ANGELS ARE IN CONSTANT REJOICE,

IT'S ONLY US IN HUMANITY THAT HE GAVE THE CHOICE.  

BE VERY CAREFUL OF HABITS AND PATTERNS, SEX, POWER AND MONEY

FOR IT IS ONLY THROUGH GOD'S LOVE

WE SEE THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY.  

YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER GIVE YOU CARE AND GREAT LOVE

SO PRAY FOR THEIR BLESSINGS TO FLOW FROM ABOVE.

HONOR THEIR PRESENCE AND THE LIFE YOU'VE RECEIVED

FOR WITHOUT THEIR LOVE IN THE BEGINNING

YOU COULD NOT BE CONCEIVED.  

DO NOT WORSHIP IDOLS AND IMAGES, WHETHER BIRDS, ANIMALS OR FISH

FOR GOD IS ALL ENCOMPASSING UNTO THIS YOU SHOULD WISH.

THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS IS NOT A MERE MAN

IS THE MAKER OF THE LORD AND GIVETH THESE COMMANDS.  

THE NAME OF THE LORD IS GOD'S PERFECT LAW

A CREATION OF HARMONY IS WHAT JESUS SAW.

THESE LAWS AND RULES SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN IN VAIN

FOR WHEN THEY ARE THE REACTION IS PAIN.  

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD OF ALL THE HEAVENS AND EARTHS,

THESE RULES ARE SIMPLE AND OF UNQUESTIONABLE WORTH.

THIS ONE IS FOREVER AND EVER, THE ONE LOVE EVERLASTING

BE A FISHER OF MEN AND FOR GOD DO YOUR CASTING.

I AM CASTING AND CATCHING, AND PULLING GOD IN,

INTO MY HEART IS NOW WHAT I SEE GOD IN.  

THE PRINCIPLE IS PERFECT, THE LORD IS THE LAW

THE CHRIST POTENTIAL WITHIN US WITHIN US ONE, WITHIN US ALL.

OUR LIVES ARE LOADED WITH WISDOM. OUR CUPS FOREVER OVERFLOWING

ATTUNE TO GOD'S LAWS FOR CHRIST WITHIN TO BE SHOWING.