#Poetry #Poem
EXIT WITHOUT PEACE
by Bill Kochman
01-07-2017
It’s your right to kill yourself,
If that’s what you want to do,
But before you take another puff,
You need to think this thing thru.
Years ago I once had a cousin,
And “once” is the key word to see,
He smoked and smoked for decades,
Until one day he just ceased to be.
But, you see, it was not so easy,
He did not peacefully go one day.
That man died suffering in agony,
As lung cancer ate his lungs away.
#Poetry #Poem
EXAMINE YOURSELF
by Bill Kochman
01-08-2017
It seems that in our modern day,
People have really put up a guard,
So trying to give them the truth,
Can oft times be extremely hard.
But there’s also one big problem,
Which we cannot lay at their feet,
It’s when we act so hypocritically,
And God’s standard we fail to meet.
It’s unfair to blame nonbelievers,
When our own faith we do not live,
We need to stop pointing fingers,
And ourselves one good look give.
#Poetry #Poem
EXAMINE THOSE SEEDS
by Bill Kochman
01-11-2017
Now it is very common knowledge,
What we plant is what will grow,
But stated in a more Biblical way,
We will reap exactly what we sow.
So if we sow love and friendship.
Hopefully we will reap the same,
But if we sow hatred and violence,
Well, then we will take the blame.
Thus I advise you to be careful,
Examine the seeds that you plant,
For someday it will all come back,
As someone’s love or terrible rant.
#Poetry #Poem
EVIL WISDOM
by Bill Kochman
12-12-2016
Not all knowledge is good,
Let’s make this point clear,
Something isn’t always true,
When it passes by your ear.
Great deception now abounds,
Some things meant to deceive,
Truth perverted and distorted,
As all their lies they weave.
Many are their speculations,
Strange theories they tell,
This wisdom is not of God,
It was given birth in Hell.
#Poetry #Poem
EVIL PUPPETEER
by Bill Kochman
09-16-2014
Beware of the evil puppeteer,
That fiend grins from ear to ear,
He manipulates the lives of men.
We are simply tools in his sight,
He leads us to ever darker night,
And wants to trap us in his den.
The whole world is his big stage,
He plays for keeps in this age,
He strikes when we know not when.
So watch out for his wicked ploys,
And don’t become one of his toys,
Resist him if he tempts you again.
#Poetry #Poem
EVEN IF THE DEVIL
by Bill Kochman
01-06-2017
Once there was an old man,
Who always praised the Lord,
But he had a mean neighbor,
Filled with Satan’s horde.
Oh he hated that Christian,
Wanted to turn him blue,
So he thought and wondered,
Exactly what he should do.
He heard that Christian say,
“Oh God I have no more bread,
If You don’t provide soon,
I may wind up very dead”.
The wicked neighbor grinned,
As he formed his evil plan,
In a window he threw bread,
Then off he so quickly ran.
That loaf hit the Christian,
Right on his balding head,
He thanked God for providing,
And hearing what he’d said.
Then boasted that neighbor,
“It was I who had you fed,
Your God did not help you”,
As his face turned very red.
“Oh Lord, said the Christian,
Yet I must praise You still,
For I know that You provided,
Even if Satan did Your will.
#Poetry #Poem
EVE
by Bill Kochman
11-16-2017
God’s love alone is enough,
Some Christians like to say,
But they all seem to forget,
What God did one special day.
Though he lived in the Garden,
And had many an animal friend,
The simple truth is just this,
Alone the Garden Adam did tend.
Seeing Adam’s sadness, God said,
It’s not good for him to be alone,
And thus, as a token of His love,
He made Eve from Adam’s bone.
#Poetry #Poem
ETERNAL WITNESSES
by Bill Kochman
01-02-2017
Since the very dawn of Creation,
They praise God with joy and mirth,
Witnesses to all that He has done,
When He made heavens and the Earth.
When Joshua took the city of Jericho,
The Angel stood there by his side,
When Samson’s birth was announced,
From an Angel Manoah couldn’t hide.
When Daniel prayed for the answers,
Angels came and revealed a mystery,
When baby Jesus was so threatened,
A great Angel warned Joseph to flee.
#Poetry #Poem
ETERNAL KINGDOM
by Bill Kochman
01-07-2017
The kingdoms of men come and go,
They crumble and decay into dust,
All his towers of glass and metal,
Will eventually give way to rust.
But there exists a great Kingdom,
That stands beautiful and eternal,
It wages war against the darkness,
And all things evil and infernal.
It’s to that place that you can go,
If you become a Child of the Light,
For in that Kingdom there’s a city,
Wherein there is never any night.
#Poetry #Poem
ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP
by Bill Kochman
01-05-2017
Not ev’ry lump of coal is a diamond,
Not ev’ry oyster has a great pearl,
Not ev’ry horse will win the race,
Not ev’ry boy will marry that girl.
Likewise are all true friendships,
They’re very rare occurrences indeed,
So if one should ever come along,
You’d do well to nourish that seed.
But there is a greater friendship,
One that will last for eternity,
Jesus Himself made it all possible,
When He chose to die for you and me.
#Poetry #Poem
ESCAPE THE APE
by Bill Kochman
12-01-2016
When I went to school this week,
Teacher had crazy things to say,
Said humans descended from apes,
Weren’t created on God’s 6th day.
I found this notion so confusing,
So I chose to take another look,
And thumbed through the pictures,
That I found in my science book.
They were really quite ridiculous,
Perhaps they were meant to amuse,
But you will have to forgive me,
Because I reject your ungodly views.
#Poetry #Poem
EAT WHAT YOU WANT
by Bill Kochman
01-14-2019
You can eat what you want,
It is really fine by me,
Just know I do not care,
For your stiff legality.
What goes in is not a sin,
As the Lord clearly said,
Dietary laws save us not,
To such things we are dead.
I like meat, but you don’t,
Okay, it’s no need to sweat,
What’s important most of all,
Is that Jesus paid our debt.
So tho we all eat differently,
I hope we can still agree,
Love is still the Royal Law,
And begins with civility.
#Poetry #Poem
EASTER
by Bill Kochman
04-19-2019
I am so happy that it is Easter,
It is such a special time of year,
There are so many chocolate bunnies,
They make me smile from ear to ear.
The Easter egg hunts do thrill me,
And jelly beans taste so really good,
It is hard to resist eating too many,
Even though I know I really should.
It is fun to dress up in our finest,
Girls put on their prettiest dress,
The boys match it with their suits,
It is all so lovely I must confess.
Now if this is your idea of Easter,
Then you have got it so very wrong,
Because all of this pagan nonsense,
Does not with Easter really belong.
It is not about rabbits and candy,
But Jesus who rose from the dead,
We celebrate Christ who is risen,
And who died for sin in our stead.
So forsake all your vain traditions,
Give glory to whom it is really due,
For He proved there is Life Eternal,
When our existence here is through.
#Poetry #Poem
EAGLES NEST
by Bill Kochman
02-05-2018
When I was young many years ago,
I was quite shy and introverted,
So I’d crawl up in my own shell,
Whenever mean things were blurted.
Why some kids acted in that way,
I just couldn’t really understand,
There seemed to be no love anywhere,
Like a ship grounded on dry land.
For years I watched as we grew up,
Some kids became worse than before,
More aggressive, picking on peers,
I wished there was some exit door.
But as I matured I came to see,
That I was different from the rest,
They were eagles fighting for food,
While I was a dove in their nest.
Some of you no doubt felt the same,
You sensed that you didn’t belong,
That is because God set us apart,
Or do you just think I am wrong?
#Poetry #Poem
DYING STARS
by Bill Kochman
08-09-2020
If you really want to feel your age,
Look at stars who have been the rage.
Growing up, some you knew quite well,
Maybe they got you under their spell.
Some in TV shows, others in a movie,
Man, you thought they were so groovy.
Some great rock band, or a video star,
Their performance left your mouth ajar.
Years have passed and now they’re gone,
No more movies, no, not a single song.
It makes us realize life is so fleeting,
Reminds us death we’ll all be greeting.
What we have done is what will remain,
Did we bring someone joy, or only pain?
Old age arrives, life comes to a close,
God will now judge us by what we chose.
Did we accept Christ, did we let Him in,
Or did we rebel and continue in our sin?
God’s Word says that if we choose right,
We will shine like a star in the night.
#Poetry #Poem
DYING OF IMPROVEMENTS
by Bill Kochman
01-08-2017
Things are always getting better,
At least so they say in the news,
But if you take a look around,
It can really give you the blues.
Doc said he was getting better,
But the man kept feeling worse,
He must’ve died of improvements,
They took him away in a hearse.
And so is this world around us,
So diseased yet some look away,
We need to get right with Father,
He’ll burn up this place someday.
#Poetry #Poem
DYING GRACE
by Bill Kochman
09-01-2014
We say that we would die for Him,
But is this just a boast in vain?
We’ve become so soft in our faith,
Would we really endure the pain?
Or would we be like Saint Peter,
Who fled when the going got rough,
Now if we are brutally honest,
Perhaps we aren’t really so tough.
God gives His Grace to the dying,
You see, but we aren’t dying yet,
He gives us faith for each hour,
It’s this we should never forget.
#Poetry #Poem
DUST, DUST
by Bill Kochman
05-05-2014
Dust, dust, that is all we are,
Nothing to leave your mouth ajar.
But our pride always finds a way,
Puffed up in the things we say.
Oh we are the greatest on Earth,
Overestimating our true worth.
With our words we love to deceive,
Much as Satan did with poor Eve.
Thus God must bring us down low,
Our foolish vanity He must show.
To Him belong honor and glory,
This is a key point of the story.
#Poetry #Poem
DUMP THE CARDS DUDE
by Bill Kochman
08-23-2014
As the Word says, the rich rule over the poor,
And the borrower becomes servant to the lender,
But if you don’t take heed to this wise advice,
You will dig your own grave, you big spender.
So many crazy people today, go out of their way,
Because they must have instant gratification,
But if you foolishly spend, as if there’s no end,
You’ll wind up in a heap of financial frustration.
So then better it is, to tear up all your cards,
And to embark on a much more simpler existence,
It may take you more time, to save dime by dime,
But you will get what you want with persistence.
#Poetry #Poem
DUAL CITIZENSHIP
by Bill Kochman
01-01-2017
You drink your beer, salute your flag,
You’ll even kill folks in a war,
But insofar, as sharing your faith,
Your standing is rather poor.
So patriotic, about your nation,
You fly high the red, white and blue,
But when it comes to Kingdom above,
We hear very little from you.
You need to get your story straight,
Decide where your loyalties stand,
Are you a citizen of this Earth,
Or of God’s Heavenly promised land?
