Repentance Changes You: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Who thought i’d see when/
I became “The man standard”?/
Repentance does that.

A Really Old Unneeded Habit: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

After fourty years,/
it’s hard to let something go/
because it’s not me.

How can I tell you/
of my joyous return when/
you already left?

OR
How can he tell her/
of his joyous return when/
she already left?

Satan wants our souls,/
his tenacity fueled by/
hate. God’s is by love.

When you stand and preach,/
doesn’t the mem’ry of what/
we did call you out?
OR

When she teaches, why/
doesn’t the memory of what/
we did trigger guilt?

With two hands on my/
shoulders, God’s servant told me/
where I need to go.

OR
where I need to be.

OR
Hands on my shoulders,
he looked into my soul and/
told me where to go.

How can I say I’m/
sorry for what we did and/
that we must repent?

Motivation and/
inward examination/
from her helps me move.

Her scathing rebuke/
caused me to kneel as fast as/
Scripture ever did.

What happens when I’ve/
completed all the tasks she/
said I needed to?