There is a putrefying river running rapid through homes
It penetrates delicate minds and adults living alone.
It runs deep into the recesses of people’s psyche.
Drinking from its deceptive cistern—heaps of havoc is likely.
If flows from morning till evening, perhaps non-stop.
It could seduce a woman: persuading her to shop
There is no warning for its innocuous viewers.
There are no cautions of its stinking sewers.
It is addicting as those worshipping dumb idols. But,
There is a fountain that runs clean which never idles.
This river flows from Emmanuel’s divine veins.
Drinking from it avoids a life empty and vain.
Be raptured by His love that comes from His Throne above.
And His Spirit will dwell in your heart like a gentle dove.
Darrel Venable
Divinity Poetry 