Pheeewww… Hhhhuh… sweet sigh of relief
Are wondering where I am coming from?
Hmm (nasal)… Great experience, I just cannot believe
Look all over me, especially my arm
Check out the cuts; it’s simply a miracle
I was caught up in this glassy crazy cycle
And I just needed to break loose
But the escape plan had incredible rules
I hope somebody here feels me?
Honestly, you don’t need to go so far to see
That I needed the Maker of the rules
Or better still, One to whom they were inapplicable
Like the One to whom the earth is a footstool
As it is written in the Bible
Wait! merewo fufuo no; nnom ho nkwan
Don’t be in a rush to conclude like Einstein
Whether you have a wife, a husband, friend or concubine
Oh wait the last one is not Christ-like so I redefine
Whether you have a wife, a husband, or friend
Just remember that life is a relationship
Put another way, we relate to each other in a ship,
Which is this world
This is not a rule anyone can amend
What keeps us alive in this ship is love and respect
Perhaps, they should have been a single word, in retrospect
Respect-Love, Love-respect, Resplove, or Lovspect
However you want it, but don’t bisect
It is like the waves and the ocean
Is the latter fierce because of the former?
Or is it… vice-versa?
Either way, don’t you admire their coordination?
When Holy God is descending into Eden
It is love and respect animated
When the man and woman are clothed in coats of skin
It is love and respect animated
When God takes up the very nature of depraved man
It is love and respect animated
When Christ Jesus suffers Himself for crucifixion
It is love and respect animated
When I read first Corinthians thirteen one to thirteen
It is love and respect animated
Whilst of this irrefutable truth, I was ignorant
I kept wallowing in a pool of self-deceit and folly
My soul was afflicted with the pain of reciprocity
Although on the outside I remained buoyant
So, if I will not hurt and disrespect my own flesh
Why would I the one with whom I am one in body?
If I dare not disrespect God whom I confess
Why would I the one created in His image and glory?
I relate to all people through Him and Him alone
For my eternal freedom thrives on this truth
Author: Minister Opoku Asenso