July 14, 2003 - A World Unknown

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A World Unknown
By Paul F. Mitchell
July 14, 2003

I choose to live for a world unknown
Though the world that I see still beckons to me
The glamour, the glitz, the style and the ritz
Appeal to something that roils in my soul
And part of me howls to grab it all now, but

I choose to live for a world unknown

                                                A world without end, neither daylight nor dark
                                                Where all the passports come through the heart
                                                Crystal seas, portals of pearl, transparent gold
                                                More riches and splendor than eyes can behold
                                                All placed there for me before time began, if

I choose to live for a world unknown.

Lusts of the flesh that burn like a fire
Constantly smolder igniting my ire
Madison Avenue keeps fueling the flame
Everywhere that I turn it’s just more of the same
And that’s the world I live in here, but

I choose to live for a world unknown

                                                Peace, like a river, will roll through the land
                                                In a cool ageless garden I’ll at last hold His hand
                                                All of my sorrows and heartaches will fade
                                                As I’m engulfed in the arms of The Ancient of Days
                                                This is what I most long for, why I remind myself, that

I choose to live for a world unknown

I choose to live

I choose

I… choose.

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Paul F. Mitchell writes his poetry and articles from his home in Arkansas. He is a member of The Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas and The Poets Roundtable of Arkansas.

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