One Of Many

I have sinned...

I have sinned, what shall I do

O thou Preserver Of Men

My foolish eyes sought out goods

Charming goods that wore a disguise

telling sweet lies

Hidden traps of which I wanted ample

Trampled on heads, to get ahead

Spent days working,never saw my bed

The pages were scarlet red

with my buckets of blood, sweat

My room watched with worry

But I was in a hurry to ascend

To rooms roamed by rich men

Wearing suits of silk, swell

Words they said, I mimicked well

Still an outsider, I knew that well

Colleagues, snakes. I dwelt in the grass, my

Feet in hell

Hold on now, it all changed

That scribbled over chalkboard of my offences

Wiped clean, reacquainting me with its original green

That great, good green!

Only through He who was slain

I can now see

I walk the world, a new man

Looking forward now with glee

Because of Jesus Christ, he who is and is to be

Saved by grace, saved for all eternity