I, was on the downward crush,
it, was in the upward flight,
our intentions passing in the night

I lost, it won,
thus resigned to pen these lines,
and I, in the very midst of rhyme, when
my eye did spy a movement sly,
returned it did, and I thought,
'My chance for a second try'

Death's weapon in hand,
my heart did rise,
and with one stroke
a gnat's demise

__________________
Bobby Gawthrop, V.D.M.
licensed, ordained SBC, licensed PCA
Ph.D. student (Whitefield Theological Seminary)
"Every minister in those days had a V.D.M. degree: Verbum Dei Minister. When, therefore, I became a teacher of apologetics it was natural for me to think, not only of my Th.M. and my Ph.D., but above all of my V.D.M. The former degrees were but means whereby I might be true to the latter degree." Cornelius Van Til