The Game Changer

‘The Game Changer’

The nature of the game
Accumulating riches?
Chasing fleeting fame?
Reaching the end
crossing the line
after a steep climb
with a golden star ⭐
next to your name?

Angels falling
from skies darkened
as mad dogs bark
from bridges broken
sounding an alarm
Chess pieces forsaken
just waiting to be taken
Failure . . .
the humiliation
of losing
The violation
of innocence forsaken
lost in the grasp
of some nemesis
one space at a time
in an endless game
of Life & Death
In the far distance
across the surface
of eternity itself
truth is nailed
to a wooden cross

A world in pain
full of envy and malice
there to be tamed
charmed and exploited
in the pursuit of profit
loveless and shameless
“Nothing Ventured
Nothing Gained!”
Or perhaps try your best
to simply coexist
with the millstone
that’s got you by the grist
To ride it out
under every circumstance?
Or to rise above
and peacefully resist?
A game of choice . . .
or a game of chance
where the rules don’t exist?

Seeking the vertical
speaking on the level
the joy supernatural
In anticipation
of a foretold arrival
The Spirit aflame
Yes … with sympathy
for the devil
Indeed a bad seed
Is the sum total
just a creed of greed
like a feral animal
looking to feed
Don’t go mistaking
the Dealer
for the Creator
Don’t be a lame sheep
In this game
of Life & Death
it’s best to play sweet
and go against the grain
as you can feel the heat
when tempted to cheat
A clock is ticking
No time to retreat

A bad deal by ordeal?
Survival just a game
of Life & Death
where wealth
can purchase
a presidential pardon?
What we need
is a love revival
to rearrange
a world of dysfunction
To defrost
that frozen flame within
To embrace the free grace
purchased at great cost
The book of instructions
has the strategy to win
with unshackled freedom
from this insane asylum
of the strange
The question
. . . to forever
remain the same?
Like a one time
force of nature
born to run
shuffling through life
in a walking frame
. . . or change
To be captured
. . . or to conquer
seeking an answer
questioning the Game?

Words & Artwork;
~ by David B. Redpath © 2018 – 2025

“O’ what may man within him hide,
though angel on the outward side!”

~ William Shakespeare

“Come now, and let us reason together,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson, they
shall be like wool”.

~ Isaiah the Prophet

“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider
that I have made it my own yet; but one
thing I do: forgetting what lies behind
and reaching forward to what lies ahead,
I press on toward the goal to win the
[heavenly] prize of the upward call of
God in Christ Jesus.”

~ Paul the Apostle (Amplified)