Like A Trap

(Matt. 24:1-5 + Mk. 13:1-37 + Lk. 21:5-39) RLB 10/07/23

Watch out! Was the cry, that I heard.
Then I saw the sign, and read the word.
Land Mines Ahead! They are on this path.
Wasting no time, I quickly did the math.

I knew if I continued, there would be grave danger.
But this path is comfortable, a new path stranger.
The choice I had to make, was not at all easy.
But thinking  of the consequence, made me queasy.

All my friends traveling with me, continued to go,
Down the marked path, that now dangerous road.
“Come on. Stay with us!” They said with a plea.
“We know this path. It’s easy, it’s fun and it’s free.”

Now laid before me, are the two ways to go.
The One way goes up, the other below.
Choose the path, along this short life’s map.
That will save you, and not kill you like a trap!