A C H O I C E

Running around

This world is so cold

It brought me so low

But changes are bound to happen

From the depths of the dark something new

The voice of the new being brewed.

Born from pain

Passed through flames

It sets the stage

Lights the torch

And leads us to the unknown

which should have been known.

But it went rogue

A quest for power

The need to devour

A consuming fire

That makes us dire.

All of this thought to be triumph

But it is nothing but the loss of the tired

Cities up in flames

People's earnings all in vain

Lively hoods gone, with no gain

The bodies of the dead on the ground they lay

But how are we going to end this mess

I don't really know but I have a great guess

Through understanding and collaboration

There will be no need for this futile devastation

A new era

Born from a great endeavor shall reign

Peace will reign supreme

Join me

For if you don't

All this will be nothing but a dream

-Demure(written January 22nd, 2025)

Matthew 24:12

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

John 16:33

In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried.

Job 23:10

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Mark 8:36

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Matthew 24:6–7

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled… For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Psalm 133:1

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Revelation 21:4–5

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain… And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

Isaiah 60:2

For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Romans 8:18

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

Isaiah 48:10

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

James 4:1–2

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

1 John 2:16–17

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Micah 4:3

And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares… neither shall they learn war any more.

Isaiah 2:4

And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Psalm 46:9–10

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth… Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Isaiah 65:17

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

Revelation 22:1–2

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life… In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life… and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Philippians 2:3–4

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Ephesians 4:31–32

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

2 Peter 3:13

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness