Sidestepping the Prosecution

*dedicated to Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Swizz Beatz, RZA, Pusha T, Cyhia the Pynce "So Appalled"
(- the evil paradigm shift in the world is so ridiculous right?)

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross (Colossians 2:8-13)


-------------------/Sidestepping the Prosecution: The Thoughts of The Apostle Paul at Colossae


They say this corrupt culture is coming to an end
I remember the parodies of the Roman legal system
I revered as a child
chains, shackles and fetters
cramped cells, rusty orange colored iron bars
beset by pools of soldiers’ urine and water leaking
drops
from the ceiling emitting the smell of stale water
as the bellowing guffaws of the judges and preselected biased jury
above seem to rock the man fastened to you
out of his sleep
and even after an angel of God releases you
society still constrains freedom – the bars of human tradition
chains and shackles of basic worldly principles
enslave the mind
I sit in the public eateries watching unsuspecting
prisoners – mothers with child, young men pursuing scholastics
staring at the ground they walk on,
staying outside in downpours just as an excuse to cry
hoping the thunder will muffle their bawling
and the amassing of these calamites still doesn’t satisfy
for they would have you mired continually in dietary laws
instead of dressing in a cloak of stealth
instead of wryly smiling at night
agitating your captors with songs of praise
warbling about freedom (from circumcision)
because you were meant to stand on the crests of hills
wind at your back
holding the hand of the woman you love
the sun setting on the realization of all your hopes
swimming with the poverty stricken that recently stumbled upon
new treasure
the jail break to paradise as this world burns
the cancellation of the written code, misery prescribed
your sins all forgiven on a cross shaped key
tossed your way
released



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I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. (John 15:11)