{"id":12236,"date":"2026-03-16T08:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=12236"},"modified":"2026-03-16T08:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:38:03","slug":"coexistence-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/coexistence-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"COEXISTENCE? — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

COEXISTENCE?<\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n

02-12-2023<\/p>\n

Ever wider grows the gap,
\nAs the years pass us by,
\nSome folks embrace truth,
\nWhile others just the lie.<\/p>\n

There is a mighty sifting,
\nThe wheat from the tare,
\nSome choose only Jesus,
\nOthers the prince of the air.<\/p>\n

The darkness and the light,
\nThere’s no common ground,
\nGod’s Word we will uphold,
\nThey don’t want us around.<\/p>\n

Our flame is just too bright,
\nIt blinds them in their eyes,
\nThey say we are the villains,
\nWho they hate and despise.<\/p>\n

Now just leave us all alone,
\nAnd let us live as we will,
\nAll your Gospel preaching,
\nCan’t you see it’s overkill?<\/p>\n

You claim to know the truth,
\nBut we have ours as well,
\nSo stop your condemnation,
\nPlease no more talk of Hell.<\/p>\n

Such is the tragic mindset,
\nOf those folks who are lost,
\nThey will defend their sins,
\nYes, regardless of the cost.<\/p>\n

Yet we continue preaching,
\nAs this world turns away,
\nThe truth may yet get thru,
\nTo wake them up some day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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