PAYBACK

Obadiah 1 - Verse 15
For the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near;
As you have done, it shall be done to you;
Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.

This selfish self obsessed materialistic society is about to learn a very hard lesson - God will not be
mocked.  


PAYBACK

She could almost feel the earth breathing in the quiet of that early summer morning,
Thirsty ground wet with overnight rain, grass dusted fresh and green,
yet it seemed as though nature was poised, awaiting catastrophe.

Dead fish floated on the water,
victims of pollution slaughter.
Discarded bottles clog the reeds,
remnants of a drunkards need.
Rat, spider, beetle creep,
through rubbish piles with dirty feet.
The stench of methane fills the air,
and still they landfill - do they care?

Busy trading tools of war,
far away from our back door.
Another battle scars the land,
mass destruction in our hand.
Science, cloning, all the rage,
take this pill and you won't age.
First and foremost into space,
contaminate another place.

She could also hear the earth breathing in the quiet of that late summer evening,
whispering, payback, payback, payback the abusers,
And HE raised HIS MIGHTY HAND.

Talitha Hills
Copyright  2003