THE GOSPEL’S ERRAND
(Inspired by Sir Walter Raleigh’s Soul’s Errand)

Written by: James T. Abel Adesitimi

Go, pen, on gospel errand
Holy word shall be thy witness
Afraid not to say what is good
Please, give relief to the distress,
Preach what’s right about the faith,
And give the world the Truth

Tell our church, She limits
The intensity of her devotion
Tell the false heads and prophets
They are but the flames of illusion
If they both beg to bribe the faith,
Expose them all with the truth.

Say to the Harams, they show
Faithfulness in a greatest folly
To gain virgins through bombing souls
Tell the other religion too of its gory
I know they will all fight the faith,
Fear not to give them the truth.

Say to the political overlords
Who drink dry this nation
Far from the maddening crowds,
Their ends run near in swift motion
If they dare to bribe the truth,
Slap them all with the truth.

Tell the royal heads, they wear
Themselves, the crowns of greed
They eat the thrones and sip our tears
They join the locusts to munch our field
If they all frown against the faith,
Hesitate not to give them all the truth.

Tell sun and moon of their pride
They ride on the clouds with influence
Tell stars and their fame, they’ll soon fade,
When the day returns to its brightness
If they sneeze and spit at the faith,
Still give them all the truth.

Tell fellow pens of their phobia
To ink this truth at its glorious best
Tell laurel givers too of their malaria
To chase favoritism to its dark nest
If they write critiques against the faith,
Smile, and give them straight the truth.

So, pen, when you defended the faith
As I commanded you, done preaching
Although to give this bitter truth,
Merits no less than assassinating
Shoot at you those that will,
No bullet the pen can kill.

–Deeprows Poetry