WHAT HAPPENED TO US, JENNIFER...WHAT HAPPENED? (Daniel Chapter 2)
[Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.]
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When I first saw you walking down the hall
I gazed upon you
You conjured up dreams
Of us together. I would put my hands on your waist
And your arms would envelop my neck
Slowly we dance
Slowly we stare into each other's eyes
(Mesmerizing because yours are green)
As a married couple flanked by loved ones
At our wedding....
And then we kiss, no longer two but one flesh
It was brightness
I swear to you
It was brightness (like a statue)
You were gold to me, pure and unalloyed
Now you have diminished into iron and clay mixed
Your breast became silver over time
With a heart full of deceit beating
You waist, bronze with an appetite for hurt
And your legs, unable to keep pace
Unable to walk with me through my trials
Unable to find me when I needed you to LOVE ME
Have become iron, heavy and stoic
Apathetic, Impenetrable
Now all I have left is your feet
And your toes
Partly strong
Partly weak
Partly my sexy, faithful workplace crush
The other part like clay– you cold and indifferent
My broken heart is a stone cut out
Without hands falling towards you
It will make me hate you
Despite all we had together
I wanted you to be my boo (why cant you be straight with me?)
Now all I have is mourning. Broken
gold, silver, brass and iron pieces like
chaff of the summer threshing floors
blown away by the wind
(COME ON GOD, COME ON GOD WE CAN GET THRU THIS, WE CAN GET THRU THIS...cant we?)
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
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