I predicted contradiction and found the affliction <br />In the poor souls of the believers truly confounding <br />For they took the Word literally and put it to the test <br />They were those faithful <br />Faithfully stepping off of a perfectly seaworthy boat <br />And out unto the waters calm surface <br />Only to drown or be forced to swim for shore <br />Whoa be to them who tried to swim yet failed <br />To survive the tribulation of their religious lore <br />For they will be amongst the many dead at the bottom of the sea <br />And lying at the waters edge with their bones bleaching in the sun <br />Once life has begun there is only death left to defeat you <br />But death must not be eternal <br />I predicted contradiction and found the affliction <br />Of those poor empty souls who are of the world …<br /><br />Ted Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/faith-has-nothing-to-offer-you-if-you-don-t-know-what-it-is/
