AMNESIA NINETEEN TEN

- D Michael Hmar
Freedom at last from the clutches of hell!
Freedom at last from the devil’s spell!
Let us all fairly celebrate
The wonderful union of knowledge and faith.
Our fathers and our forefathers,
They were martyrs and torch-bearers;
Builders of knowledge and of faith-
Firm foundations for our faith.

But hundred years hence, have we grown much?
Have we done much, or given much?
Yes, of great walls we are builders,
And tall structures as halls of prayer.
But these walls have become forts
And fortresses to check resorts
From souls wounded by church politics,
Internal pricks and foul tactics.
Have we forgotten His great command
To spread His word to every land:
To saw the seed and reap harvest-
To sow more seeds for more harvest?

Have we forgotten His great command
To spread the light from hand to hand,
From mind to mind, and soul to soul:
The light of wisdom for one and all?
Have we failed His great command
With excess of disloyal hands?
The fields of green need more reapers.
What we offer is more cheaters.
Have we failed His great command
With high decibels of revival bands
That merely shake the church next door,
But do not reach the heavenly floor?
Quenching the thirst of our selfish souls,
We have no time to answer His call.
Among ourselves we prey and prowl;
We have no time to save more souls.
From darkness to light we have reborn-
So where do we go from hereon?
From sinners to saints we elevate-
How do we live up to this state?
Let us not to savagery descend
And cause the saviour to repent.
Lets not forget Highway Heaven
And cause Amnesia Nineteen Ten.