The Lion’s Den

Clouds align the sunset tonight 
The usual lively orange tones 
Are an empty, lifeless grey
Reality suddenly loses balance
Once you’ve felt the weight of evil’s hand 
fall upon your bones
Witnessed your worst fear’s force 
Descend upon you
The gravity of Calvary vividly unfolding 
We’ve been sleeping in the lions den and are just noticing 

Saturated glimpses of the past flash before eyes
Hallowed snippets of life affixed 
To bold those red words, 
Over and over, 
I’d read
Promises
Plastered throughout halls and walls
Scarlet red promises
Nailed to a cross
The gravity of Calvary 
Unmistakably unfolding
We’ve been sleeping in the lions den and we’re just now, noticing 

Wounded pride, fainted greed, money, false acceptance, vanity
We know not the significance
Yet words, vices, ceaselessly tossed around 
Flying swords, 
And we’re breaking down 
Yes, we’re breaking down
Desensitized, oppressed,  and lost, 
We mourn 
We’re self created disasters
The gravity of Calvary is reborn 
Sleeping in the lions den and we’re just now noticing 

Promises
Plastered throughout halls and walls
Scarlet red promises
Nailed to a cross
The gravity of Calvary 
Unmistakably unfolding
We’ve been sleeping in the lions den and we’re just now, noticing 

Promises
Plastered throughout halls and walls
Scarlet red promises
Nailed to a cross
The gravity of Calvary 
Unmistakably unfolding
We’ve been sleeping in the lions den and we’re just now, noticing 

And I can’t remember a time 
When there hasn’t been suffering
Upsurges readily approaching, 
The ground beneath us screams 
Denial, Aborting truth, lies polluting,
Euthanizing our youth
The gravity of Calvary is arising
We’ve been sleeping in the lions den all this time 
And we’re just now noticing 
Yeah we’ve been sleeping in the lions den 
Now the lion is roaring 


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