instead of staying home practicing and writing?
Would I be giving myself a better chance
Would I be giving myself a better chance
of salvation? I might get a
glance
from an old friend with whom I’m always jousting:
we have a dance
from an old friend with whom I’m always jousting:
we have a dance
—call it a “dynamic”—
in which my stress-absorption rating
may be sorely tested, giving me little chance,
in which my stress-absorption rating
may be sorely tested, giving me little chance,
when the eyes-around commences,
of keeping my composure OR my stuffing.
If I had gone to the New Year’s dance,
of keeping my composure OR my stuffing.
If I had gone to the New Year’s dance,
it would be like taking Asian
self-defense
to fend off the harsh scratching and fierce biting.
Of serenity there’d be little chance—
to fend off the harsh scratching and fierce biting.
Of serenity there’d be little chance—
that’s my apprehension
anyhow, so I’ll just skip the fretting—
I won’t visit ire upon myself for not going to the New Year’s dance.
But have I refused to give Jesus a chance?
anyhow, so I’ll just skip the fretting—
I won’t visit ire upon myself for not going to the New Year’s dance.
But have I refused to give Jesus a chance?
