{"id":22097,"date":"2026-03-16T16:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=22097"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:56:23","slug":"former-path-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/former-path-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"FORMER PATH — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

FORMER PATH<\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

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

11-20-2023<\/p>\n

It is really such a sad story,
\nI don’t know where to begin,
\nJust look at Miss America,
\nSailing down the river of sin.<\/p>\n

At one time she feared God,
\nThus she was so blessed,
\nBut now she’s lost her way,
\nWith evil she’s so obsessed.<\/p>\n

The light that she once had,
\nSeems to have faded away,
\nShe walks in the darkness,
\nAnd ignores what we say.<\/p>\n

Christians try to warn her,
\nBut her heart is grown cold,
\nNo longer feeling conviction,
\nOn Satan’s lies she is sold.<\/p>\n

Oh generation of rebellion,
\nWake up before it’s too late,
\nFor if you continue defiantly,
\nYou will meet an awful fate.<\/p>\n

Just as God has blessed you,
\nHe can curse you the same,
\nLeaving you cold and naked,
\nWith only yourself to blame.<\/p>\n

So forsake your wicked path,
\nHumble yourself and repent,
\nTurn back now to the Lord,
\nAnd once more be obedient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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