Don’t look back

By: Jo Smith ~~~ April 22.  2021

Don’t look back

Stay on track.

If you turn to salt

It is your own fault. 

You can’t go forward

You can’t be altered. 

You can’t go up or down

You are stuck in this town.

Don’t look to the past

Hold onto something that will last.

Give the world a smile 

And walk that last mile.

You are put here to run a race

So don’t be flopping all over the place.

You can be shut up in a pin

But then you will think again.

Think, you say, just what is that?

I am too lean with not enough fat.

I can’t blow up and float

For you did not loan me your boat. 

You are stuck in the NOW.

You will survive this somehow. 

To Mars you cannot go

Stick around and I will show

You the way;  But you must stay.

God did not give you wings

So stop imagining such things.

You cannot fly.

If you try you will die.

Don’t look behind you.

Those things are not true.

Don’t look ahead

It will fill you with dread. 

You are here and cannot be there.

Your dreams you must spare.

Do not think they will happen.

Twill only make you sadden.

Keep your eyes on the goal.

Don’t change it for silver or gold. 

Your memories are yours to hold.

So go out and be bold.

Don’t twist and turn and fret.

This is something you will regret. 

Don’t murmur and complain.

Twill make you insane. 

I will come to you and be your guide.

Only you must let go of your pride.

When I open for you a door

Take one step and then no more.

Let it not be said

That you refuse to be led.

There will come a time

And then you will be mine.

Wait on the Lord 

And He will be your reward.

If you rebel you will find a sword

You will no longer be adored.

Do not turn to the left or the right.

Trust in the Lord with all your might. 

Stay on the right road

And God will lift your load. 

There is a way that seems right to man

But the end of this way is not the plan.

This way leads to a downward path

And will bring upon you God’s wrath.