118. A Noble Bugler Has Returned
Our lives seem so calm and placid,
Tyrants’ lies can deceive and soothe.
So a land founded on freedom
Becomes a land ignoring truth.
In the Heavens, God and Jesus,
Saw the need to teach and to warn.
So they sent uncommon buglers,
To advise of fierce coming storms.
These were ordinary people,
Weak of limb although strong of soul.
They would use their skill at “fiction”,
To strive to make this country whole.
Like God’s Son they taught with symbols,
Allegories, fables, and tales.
“Bringing home” lessons much needed,
That we master the coming gales.
Are you one with ears who listens,
Are you standing with watchful eyes?
Or when storms break of man or nature,
Will you then fall with dumb surprise?
Yet, today, in realms of glory,
Angels cheer for choice blessings earned.
Having sounded, well, God’s warnings,
A noble bugler has returned.
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Matthew 16:17-18
Jesus saith unto them: “...perceive yet not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having earns, year ye not? and do ye not remember?”
As to the historic importance of a bugler, see: http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/bugle.htm
"The bugle was essential to all military communication until its displacement by electronics...The bugle was first used as a signal instrument in the American Army during the Revolutionary War. The bugle calls evolved from Continental Army contacts with French and English Armies during the Revolutionary War."
EXPLANATION:
This poem was recorded after I learned of the death of Gary D. Ott aka "Tom" aka "Tired Old Man" aka "Desert Farmer". Gary was one founder of the modern fiction genre known as "prepping". [MANY other pioneers in the genre can be found here: https://pawfiction.proboards.com/] Such stories of common men and women challenged by every conceivable types of disaster, both natural and man made, serve to not merely entertain but instruct, inspire, and motivate. The author esteems all writers seeking to warn us of peril, and he hopes to have internalized some of their vast store of knowledge to cope with future challenges.
Our lives seem so calm and placid,
Tyrants’ lies can deceive and soothe.
So a land founded on freedom
Becomes a land ignoring truth.
In the Heavens, God and Jesus,
Saw the need to teach and to warn.
So they sent uncommon buglers,
To advise of fierce coming storms.
These were ordinary people,
Weak of limb although strong of soul.
They would use their skill at “fiction”,
To strive to make this country whole.
Like God’s Son they taught with symbols,
Allegories, fables, and tales.
“Bringing home” lessons much needed,
That we master the coming gales.
Are you one with ears who listens,
Are you standing with watchful eyes?
Or when storms break of man or nature,
Will you then fall with dumb surprise?
Yet, today, in realms of glory,
Angels cheer for choice blessings earned.
Having sounded, well, God’s warnings,
A noble bugler has returned.
www.servingjesuspoetry.com [Non-commercial usage allowed.]
Matthew 16:17-18
Jesus saith unto them: “...perceive yet not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having earns, year ye not? and do ye not remember?”
As to the historic importance of a bugler, see: http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/bugle.htm
"The bugle was essential to all military communication until its displacement by electronics...The bugle was first used as a signal instrument in the American Army during the Revolutionary War. The bugle calls evolved from Continental Army contacts with French and English Armies during the Revolutionary War."
EXPLANATION:
This poem was recorded after I learned of the death of Gary D. Ott aka "Tom" aka "Tired Old Man" aka "Desert Farmer". Gary was one founder of the modern fiction genre known as "prepping". [MANY other pioneers in the genre can be found here: https://pawfiction.proboards.com/] Such stories of common men and women challenged by every conceivable types of disaster, both natural and man made, serve to not merely entertain but instruct, inspire, and motivate. The author esteems all writers seeking to warn us of peril, and he hopes to have internalized some of their vast store of knowledge to cope with future challenges.