A close call

Twas at a cross road and right in the middle of a
catch up, a gun and a surge of andrenaline came
calling.
I thought, saw, ran in split seconds.
All of that side of me that is rarely ever used.
Still pointing to the direction of a gun, a guy I
never had the displeasure of knowing edged close
and held a friend of mine.
First I thought they were cultists and I resisted
the urge to run till saw the whole street emptying
themselves in the other side of the road.
My friend pushed him, freed himself from his
grasp and fled with me, together with my other
buddy who drop his phone unwittingly, in the
chaos.
In my place of refuse, I remembered them at last.
There they were, standing in front of me, pipping
from behind a fence.
"Are they gone?"
"Guy, my phone fall oh"
"Gboza!!"
And another chaos ensued.
Minutes later I heard screams of a familiar kind.
"Ole! Ole! Ole!"
Already, I was drawing a map in my head: an
alternative route home.
Three things I took home from this experience:
1. I realized I could really run
2. That I am selfish except your blood is in my
veins
3. I'll go back for the rescue when all is safe
except...

A tranquil eventide walk

It's exactly 19:00. I'm very close to the bank. I'm walking in a boulevard, listening to a refined voice make music to my ear.
Walking dangerously close to the road and cynical while at it.
Trying hard not to lose my muse.
A beautiful voice said hello.
Feeling ambivalent, I replied, "hello".
Taking the ear piece out of my ear, I stared into her shimmering eyes: as  wet as the morning dew.
Her first words were, "can I walk with you?"
Curious and indecisive I said, "free as a bird".
Prying and intrusive, she said, "what are you thinking?"
I just couldn't fathom why she thought I would give that a reply.
I said, "ransom notes keep falling out of your mouth. Mid-sweet talks on news paper word cutouts."
And she stared at me with a countenance of confusion but kept her cool despite her scepticism about my sanity.
"FYI, I'm just using you for the company in order to feel safe walking on this lonely road but now I feel like you are the kind of scenario I was running from."
"My mistake. Pardon my indiscretion."
"I'm just not in the mood of kidnapping people today."
"What?"
"I was just accessing your earlier statement of self worth to see if it were true."
"And?"
"You're still here."
"You feel you are smart, don't you?"
"Thanks, but compliments don't move me."
Angered she said, "I see you need to be really alone."
"I never asked for company.
And yes, my mood fights back at you."
I would have love to apologise but we'll have to see a second time for that to happen."
"You have no idea you're supercilious with delusions of grandeur."
"What a compliment. You never stop, do you?"
"Go to hell!"
"I'll find you.
Trust me, I always do."
"Who cares! Gosh."
Walking off in utter fury. I could find a smirk on my face.

Vanity

What does thou seek, that thou does not already have?
Oh, in our search for vanity's swag we are indulged in an endless loop of wants and desires: never seem to be quenched; never seem to be satisfied.
Vain creatures, vain creatures I see.
Evil in time you'll seek, but for the journey, it's what the indulgence is for.
In time, in time, in vanity's arms, all foul things come forth!
It's unavoidable, the truth, that stands glaringly in front of your eyes.
Do we choose to see it; do we choose to ignore it?
The path that leads to light or the freeway that leads to darkness.
For vanity the preacher says. All is vanity!

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Discordant words

The dark stars are falling. The dust did begin to fall when people held their heads heavy.
Oily marks appeared on walls. The exact spot where pleasure moments hung: a picturesque representation of still life.
Spinning around again and rubbing my eyes in dismay. "This can't be happening".
When busy street's a mess, more than a muse slips away to silence too silent to earring.
So I'm asking the discordant company,"where are we? What the hell is going on?"
And even though I know blood and tears were here first, I know it's for the best. Mid-sweet talk on news paper word cutouts, are the forms from which these memories take shape in the vaguest part of my heart; in the aftermath of the twilights.
As is the characteristic of truth, it's hard to take in.
The promising prospects of the muse caused of melancholy.  

Sin

People refuse your methods vehemently, because they know it's sincere and genuine.
It only leads me to the realization that people aren't saying no or yes to one or some things in their life based on the present. Rather it's based on a lifelong battle of who owns who.
The body or the soul?
The body gets sick and so does the soul. And more real is soul's sickness.
If the soul is sick, it could lead the body to being sick unlike the body that more often than not gets sick and doesn't affect the soul.
How does the soul become sick?
SIN.
As viruses are to the body, so is sin to the soul. Every single sin you've committed, bears a scar on your soul and is only removed by indulgences.
So that even when you have been give absolution by a priest, you still need to gain indulgences, preferably, plenary indulgences.
Partial and Plenary indulgences are the two types of indulgences there is.
If we are to understand how sin works I'm going to make it a visible object in description.
What sin does to a sinner is to shield one from a union with God and in return, makes you visible as though like the brilliant sun to the devil.
But if you were to free of mortal sin, the opposite would be the case. You would literally look scary to the devil as you assume a place far above him and his reach.
Based on Catholic teachings, there are two types of sin.
Original sin and actual sin.
Original sin is the sin passed down unto us from Adam. At baptism, we are cleansed from it.
Actual sin is every sin you commit.
There are then two types of actual sin:
Venial sin and mortal sin.
Now venial is a sin, when committed, does not kill the soul.
But mortal sin is a sin, when committed, kills the soul.
A mortal sin is any sin you committed with full intent. It's sin done knowingly. With ur Will involved.
Venial after a long time could become a mortal sin.
For non catholics. This is the catch, free off mortal sin, you will not make hell. Only those who die in mortal sin go to hell. That's why it's called a sin that kills.
Purgatory on the other hand, are for those who die in venial sin.
For purgatory: 2maccabees 12: 38 - 45.
In the New Testament
In Matthew 5:26 and Luke 12:59 Christ is condemning sin and speaks of liberation only after expiation. “Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.” Now we know that no last penny needs to be paid in Heaven and from Hell there is no liberation at all; hence the reference must apply to a third place.
Matthew 12:32 says, “And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.” Here Jesus speaks of sin against the Holy Spirit. The implication is that some sins can be forgiven in the world to come. We know that in Hell there is no liberation and in Heaven nothing imperfect can enter it as we see in the next part. Sin is not forgiven when a soul reaches its final destination because in heaven there is no need for forgiveness of sin and in hell the choice to go there is already made.
Revelation 21:27: “…but nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who does abominable things or tells lies.” The place that is to be entered (the place to which this passage refers) is heaven (read the text around it for context).
Sin is as real as it can get. The more animate you make your sin look, the better.
Remember, our graces are limited. Limited in the sense that we'll die and at death it ends.
Graces are hard to gain. But gaining them is by God's grace. So don't try to play smart with Grace when about to venture into sin.
+may the Lord bless and keep you.
May His light shine in your heart, even as it shines in mine. May the Lord be good and gracious to you. Amen.