Student Poetry

Mercy – Jemah Curtis

Warmed with a radiant fiery glow

A euphoric tingling seeping through to my core

My heart

An incandescent beacon

All pain diminished

The open flame licks at the singed edges of my life

Torn away and forgotten

Forgiven

Embers fly free into the endless night

Bringing light to all those who wander in darkness

I let go of the all-consuming guilt

Blinding light pierces the impenetrable black

My soul

My shackles unbound

Sorrows defeated

Pulsing sparks wink against the sky

A trail of breadcrumbs

To my life left behind

I gaze into the mirror

Shattered and broken

My life

No longer faced with the same dull reflection

A luminous smile lights up my face

Returning each lifeless shard

To its former glory

Not a scratch to mark the shameful past

Undeserving and unworthy

My burden is lifted.

Silent Matters

How lucky

We are

To live in such a country

How free

We are

To carry our Bibles in hand

His gospel on our lips

Free to share with anyone who will

Listen

There are others out

There

Who are not so lucky

Unjust laws binding their hands

And mouths

Persecution.

Why does it have to be?

I praise the

Lord

That I am not one of the 100 million

Christians being persecuted

Worldwide

For their Faith.

My brothers and sisters

Are in need

Their piercing cries

Rip

Apart

My

Heart

This matters to me

This matters to Him.

Every day the devoted

The faithful

The loyal

Are murdered unjustly for their unwavering

Belief.

The world is blind. Oblivious

To the injustice committed worldwide

EVERY DAY

‘’Christian martyrs were a thing of the past. That doesn’t happen anymore.’’

‘’Like, as in those crazy religious people who died on the stake?’’

No.

Like, as in the 105 000 steadfast Christians martyred

Annually

They are dying

At this very moment.

And what for?

A message of

Love. Forgiveness. Hope.

Times haven’t changed

No, not

Really.

The world hasn’t gotten any better

More Christians were

Martyred in the

20thCentury

Than in ALL other centuries

Combined.

Don’t be racist.

You say

Don’t be sexist.

You say

Don’t be homophobic.

You say

Don’t be prejudiced.

You say

‘’Don’t discriminate.’’

We are told.

Hypocrites.

In the long list of phobias

Where is

‘Christophobia’?

Don’t discriminate.

‘’Christians: The world’s most persecuted people’’

Jemah is in year 9 at Oxford Falls Grammar School.