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 </div><p></p><figure id="attachment_8174" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8174" style="width: 426px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://poetry.wrr.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/here-i-am-lord-thine-to-bruise.png"><img class=" wp-image-8174 " title="Here I Am Lord, Thine To Bruise" alt="Here I Am Lord, Thine To Bruise" src="http://poetry.wrr.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/here-i-am-lord-thine-to-bruise.png" width="426" height="343" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8174" class="wp-caption-text">www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry <strong>[Here I Am Lord, Thine To Bruise]</strong></figcaption></figure>Here am I, <a class="zem_slink" title="Lord" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Lord</a>, thine own to bruise<br>
And bind up, only for thy use.<br>
Chastise now my rebelling soul;<br>
Whilst Thou woundest me, make me whole.
<p>My feeble hands quicken and train;<br>
Fix up these knees that eas’ly sprain.<br>
Sheer me off the unrighteous path<br>
Where endeth wrath for the fool’s bath.</p>
<p>I grasp ’tis him whom Thou lovest<br>
When erreth he, Thou reprovest.<br>
For good Thou wilt my style correct,<br>
So I be found in Thee perfect.<!--more--></p>
<p>Oh, how they fall that doth despise<br>
<a class="zem_slink" title="Thy (district)" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.8833333333,8.46666666667&;spn=1.0,1.0&;q=56.8833333333,8.46666666667%20(Thy%20%28district%29)&;t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">Thy</a> right statutes, Thy warning eyes;<br>
They that thy counsels loathe to hear<br>
The wand’ring cat seekest to tear.</p>
<p>Here am I, Lord, born for Thy will;<br>
Melt and morph me aright until<br>
My parts adopt Thy chosen frame:<br>
<a class="zem_slink" title="Faultless" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faultless" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Faultless</a> gold bar, carved in Thy flame.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>Written by: Kingsley U. Ayistar</em><br>
<em>Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson</em></p>
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