Victory Is Ours! Poem by MBJ Pancras

Three scores and two strides all thro' the way we've travelled,
Into ebbs and tides, ineffable with divine blessings,
Full of discredits we were smashed upon, yet survived,
They poured poison onto our plates of food,
And watched us dying with disgrace,
And that was their ‘victory' waving red flag.
We were chased betwixt horizon, yet we had rainbow of life,
Their challenges ‘gainst us are their dreams of our destruction,
They played the game of snake to spit on us,
Yet the Arm from Above has been ever around us.
Kicks and blows, curses and disgraces fell on us,
Yet there hath been a cascade of tenderness always.
Their drama of falsity enacted before us,
And we had no dialogues, and our silence proved patience.

The shows of their tomfoolery flashed ‘cross our way of life,
Yet the Heavenly Guidance hath been our Guardian till now,
They removed pastures and greenery that we might tread upon wilderness,
Yet the Divine Mercy carried us in His Loving Arms,
They raised herds of black legs to trap our walking steps,
Yet Mercy from Above truncated the heads of the black legs,
They threw their tongues of fire upon us,
And HE changed the tongues into drops of grace.
We were left orphans, but Mercy from Above adopted us,
They dictated doomsday upon us,
Yet the Bosom of Heaven took us unto His Paradise,
And there we dwelled and sojourned with His little angels.
Blues and bruises threatened us with their snares,
Yet there have been ever with us the Loving Arms of Heaven.

On the summit of three and third mountain of life,
We've hoisted the Flag of life with the only angel born of us,
No more curses and discredits shall tinge us hitherto,
And their games of violence shall work no more on us.
HE hath made us glide thro' gentle zephyr and we three breathe silently.
The path we walk upon may have thorns and twigs,
Yet HE will turn thorns and twigs into flowers of fragrance,
There are pastures and meadows laid for us,
HE hath made drink the elixir of life throughout.
We've met the characters of Faith and Patience,
And too the characters beside are Hope and Mercy,
And the journey we three travel is the ‘Pilgrim's Progress'.
Victory is ours and He is the Victor in us and we're His champions
Till we reach the Kingdom of Heaven by His Grace and Mercy.