TRICKS OF TEMPTATION

In the tales of war,
Lessons have leant from the spear of fears,
Experiences have gathered through blood thirsty tournaments,
Never to be unconscious of your back.
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On my fighting wing,
An axe ready for the taste of blood,
With hands of anger,
Dangling the sword that knows no truth.
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There i remembered how Archilles and Crixus fell,
Samson crushed in the rails of Delilah,
Ananias and Sapphias soaked in quest for wealth,
Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for porriage.
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In the midst of the war,
Tricks of enemy i couldn't resist,
Strength to stand still i lacked,
My back i turned,
Alas! A wounded warrior i became.
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Back to my master the king of all battles,
For i've fallen to tricks of temptation,
I surrender all to you Lord,
Teach me more and i will live to fight through.
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TOMISIN THOMAS
TEE-THOMAS
19/01/2018
thomastomisin03@gmail.com

FOOTNOTES

ARCHILLES- In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.

CRIXUS- Crixus was a Gallic gladiator and military leader in the Third Servile War between Roman Republic and Slave rebels.

SAMSON- From the biblical account, Samson was a
Nazirite , and that he was given immense strength to aid him against his enemies and allow him to perform superhuman feat, including slaying a lion with his bare hands and massacring an entire army of Philistines using only the jawbone of an ass.

DELILAH- She's a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved by Samson , a Nazirite who possesses great strength. Delilah is bribed by the chief of the
Philistines to discover the source of his strength.

ANANIAS AND SAPPHIAS- Ananias  and his wife
Sapphira were, according to the Acts of the Apostles chapter 5, members of the early Christian church in Jerusalem. The account records their sudden deaths after lying to the Holy Spirit about money.

ESAU AND JACOB- The Book of Genesis speaks of the relationship between Jacob and Esau , focusing on Esau 's loss of his birthright to Jacob and the conflict that had spawned between their descendant nations because of Jacob's deception of their aged and blind father, Isaac, in order to receive Esau's birthright/blessing from Isaac.