Michael Bray

Author of A Time To Kill

Family Matters

Men, We Must

Men, we must not fall short On the pledge we made To keep serving and wooing Our good mates to whom on a date We made pledges of marriage Ever to keep ourselves pure And steady in our lives to ensure That we never drift apart Ever ready to make that new start And after […]

Forty Whacks is the Max

Forty whacks is the max Says the book, Deuteronomy Right there in Chapter 25, verse 3 Ya know those beatings, beat the jail, Give the mind a taste of hell But way down there They’ll never cease No relief and never peace.Best learn now, give sin a rest Walk with God and do your best. […]

Imagine That Day

Imagine that day When he says, “Away!” And sends us back To indwell our bodies! O but magnificent they’ll be Beyond corruption, all to see The glory of God shown to all Triumphant power over the fall. All will be there! ‘Tis true! Anastasia among the crew! Her we’ll all come to know That one […]

Ikeman, Eggman

Ikeman, Eggman matters not, He’s the seventh we begot. Has his good points and his bad; I don’t mind ’em, I’m his Dad. Keeps that wrestling on the table; That’s our thing, like a label. We like to roll and wrestle others; Helps that fellowship of brothers. He’s teachin’ school and bein’ cool, Got no […]

The Hecuros

Yeah, I’m the hecuros* You can call me the boss The very one, the father-in-law Who can’t close his maw. Got to counsel and talk Tell y’all how to walk. Ain’t nothin’ to it You just got to do it! Keep your mind on your mate Make him happy – or her. No trouble, no […]

Denver

‘Twas a submontane cityWhere I met my PrettyDenver was a place to goMy sister recommendedThere she had attendedA college near her beauThat Academy in the SpringsAnd so I went unpreparedBut with the desire to knowThe Book and to get a lookCloser at what the Lord saidTo the world he had madeWhich had fallen quite awayFrom […]

The Girl

Dare I say she may be the oneWho makes me smileAnd hail the sun For all its warmth And light to see? But without her, The girl I married And together carriedForth those elevenAll sent from heaven,What matter would lifeIn this world of strifeMake to my spirit?What a pearl is sheWho stays with meA rather […]

The Divorcer

You may be a divorcéOr you may be a divorceeBut you don’t want to beThe divorcerWho offends him or her Breaking up that holy bond. Nah.  Not pleasing to the Lord. Don’t matter if you’re bored. Got to do your chores. Scrap all of that fun, Get all the work done Mowin’ that yard, Washin’ […]

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