TBOJ - The Wall 9

9

I moved out at sixteen
Left home for good at seventeen
I have lived long in Babylon
In but not of; In but not of.

My friends found the Holy at twelve and thirteen
I resisted until age of fourteen
The peace that I found
Took a long time to understand

Jah first spoke to Joseph at five
In Kitchener at Nottingham Crescent
Then in Burlington as a teen
Then Toronto at twenty-two

Now that was twenty years ago
Some may say an apology is due
Yet there were things I needed to learn
And indeed I feared for my life

If this comes too late LORD
Please know that I tried hard
This world is confusing
I watch the innocent and Holy die

As Babylon falls there is thunderous noise,
Earthquakes and earth shifts, and
the cry is heard among the nations:
The sea has come upon Babylon!