In Memory Of Janice

1994 COPYRIGHT
BY PETER CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND
(FOR JANICE)

I WANT TO WATCH YOU BE BAPTIZED AND WITNESS AS YOU MATURE
TURNING FROM THE WORLD AND SLAVERY TO YOUR HUMAN NATURE
AS CAROL TOSSES YOU A TOWEL YOU'LL BE DRIPPING WET AND HUMBLE
AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS A TEMPTATION ALONE WILL BE A LIFELONG STRUGGLE
YOU'LL WIPE YOUR EYES TO SEE AS THE OUTSIDERS BECOME YOUR FAMILY
A LIFE SACRIFICED WILL BREATH WITH NEWBORN SPIRIT AND PURITY
THE JOY WILL BE GENUINE WITH AN OVERWHELMING INTENSENESS
YOU SHALL BUILT FRIENDSHIPS THAT THE LORD WILL ALLOW AND BLESS
YESTERDAY WILL DIE FOR AND YOU'LL SURRENDER ALL YOUR PAST
ALL HISTORY WILL BE DISMISSED AND YOUR LIFE WILL ETERNALLY LAST
BUT IT SHALL NOT BE IN DARKNESS FOR LEFT THERE IT MAY RETURN
YOU'LL USE IT TO SHARE OF YOUR FORMER LIFE SO THAT OTHERS MAY LEARN
FOR YOUR CONQUEST OF SIN WILL CONVICT THE REMAINING LOST
SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE COURAGE AND COUNT THE COST
AND YOU SHALL SUBMERGE THEM AND GOD WILL SCORE
PAIN WILL FAIL TO DOMINATE AND DEATH WILL HOLD COURT NO MORE