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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: COMPUTER (05/19/16)
I stare at the black screen
No graphics, no sounds
Like a helpless babe
I sigh with a heavy heart

At times I peer at the 'blue sky'
Trying to read the words
I groan and gaze in despair
I only have one option: repair

Displaced and disoriented--
When my only computer
without ample warning
decides to crash

A bad master but a good servant
Quick and efficient
Lots of information at my disposal
So far so good, before its crash

A computer charms and tempts
by getting me addicted
replacing my first love
changing first things to second

To fuss or to fast
Perhaps it's good for my soul
to live without it for a while--
time for reflection and deep thought

There is more to life
than my computer
The digital world is virtual
It is hollow and unreal

Why should I sacrifice
my life or precious time
to something without any
body, soul and mind

For where my treasure lies
there will also be my heart
Protect me Lord,from its snares
and the pitfall of soul-jacking
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Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
05/29/16
You did a nice job of writing on topic and delivering a message we all need to hear from time to time. Your words seemed to flow nicely off the page.
Larry Whittington
05/30/16
I like the combined thoughts in this writing. Should I fix it or do without? What would be best? Can I use it without it being NUMBER ONE?

Each one reading this should look to his own use and examine himself where it is in his life. IT CAN'T BE NUMBER ONE AND ALSO BE PLEASING TO GOD.

I liked your thought. Could you easily make this into a thoughtful teaching devotional?
C D Swanson 
05/31/16
Excellent!

Blessings~
Rachel Rudd
06/01/16
I agree that this flowed very well. I really like the idea of "bad master, but a good servant." Well written!
Bonnie Bowden 
06/02/16
Congratulations, Caleb, on placing 2nd place in the Beginners category. You have really developed as a poet, and I can't wait to see you in the number one spot.
Loni Bowden-Horn 
06/04/16
Caleb I liked all the thouhht that went into yhis poem. it had a nice flow.

Congratulations on your 2nd place finish in the beginnrrs.