Passionate Sweet	Strong-that's it!!!!   Posted by Passionate Sweet on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 2:45 AM [Reply to this]

		If your heart stopped right now, how would you respond in those few moments as your life drained from you? Don't deceive yourself any further by saying, "That would never happen to me." Human nature tends to think that way -- that death is something that happens to other people. But every single day 150,000 people die, and no doubt each of them that are now in eternity, thought just like you -- that death "will never happen to me." When that day comes for you, you're going to have to face God's judgment. So the most important question you can ask is, "Will I go to Heaven?" Here's a quick test. Have you ever told a lie, stolen anything, or used God's name in vain? Jesus said, "Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has committed adultery already with her in his heart." Have you looked at someone with lust? Will you be guilty on Judgment Day? If you have done those things God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart. Ask God to shine a spotlight on your heart and remind you of those things that you have thought and done that He saw. Nothing is hidden from His Holy eyes. Realize that if God gives you justice, you will end up in Hell for eternity. But that's not God's will for you. Jesus Christ suffered and died on the Cross in your place, so you could go free. That's how much God loves you. We broke God's Law, but Jesus paid our fine. Then He rose from the grave and defeated death. If you repent (turn away from ALL of your sin) and trust in Him, God will forgive your sins and grant you everlasting life. We only get one chance in this thing we call "life." Don't blow it for eternity. Obey the gospel today. Then read your Bible daily and obey what you read, God will never let you down. PLEASE CHECK OUT gotquestions.org or godandscience.org if you have ANY questions. If you don't find your answer there PLEASE ask me.   Posted by on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 3:14 AM [Reply to this]

		While reading this I also thought the same thing as Travis. I don't go to church or anything anymore, yet I do remember going as a child. I went alot. And their teachings and words are still embedded in my mind. I guess thats why I still sometimes think with my past christianess mentality. Nice poem though.   Posted by on July 15, 2007 - Sunday - 6:10 PM [Reply to this]

	Jon Sanders	Interesting. I usually delete advertisements in my poetic blog section, but this is kinda pertinent.... and you wrote it so darn nicely. However, you should've added what you thought of the poem as well within your manifesto. But oh well...... :)   Posted by Jon Sanders on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 3:28 AM [Reply to this]

	~ ß i a n c a ~	I had to reply - myspace kept giving me error messages why I tried to leave my comment : ---------------- There really isn't much to say because it seems as though it has all been said a thousand times. Your poetry is consistently on a whole other level. This poem is brilliant.. and what is even nicer then the presentation and perfect flow is the meaning behind it - in particular the way it can appeal to each of your readers in a different and personal way. Those are my favorite kind of poems and you are constantly writing meaningful poetry that raises the bar for all writers! This poem has just moved up to the top of my list! A fantastic read!!   Posted by ~ ß i a n c a ~ on July 5, 2007 - Thursday - 6:25 AM [Reply to this]

	BasicBlack ink.	All about choices. Maybe because the poem doesn't SAY that, it bothered DDJIR&O. So your right. But, he's right also, about the hopelessness that he picked up on. Yes, "interesting".   Posted by BasicBlack ink. on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 6:48 PM [Reply to this]

	Ms. Nicky Ms. Nicky	You always amaze me...Great Piece....   Posted by Ms. Nicky on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 4:16 AM [Reply to this]

	אהבה Love OneAnother	sometimes i feel that way but we're emptied to be filled again though the bottle may change the contents never due, dew, duo   Posted by אהבה on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 4:21 AM [Reply to this]

	~ Kat ~ The Dead Poetess	truly magnificient write   Posted by ~ Kat ~ The Dead Poetess on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 6:04 AM [Reply to this]

	Sarah[Open Fire♥] Bugsy Boo	Completly and utterly Brilliant!   Posted by Sarah[Open Fire♥] on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 6:23 AM [Reply to this]

	Thanatos J D	Lyrical, good work, can you pass me the bottle?   Posted by Thanatos on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 6:27 AM [Reply to this]

	VACANCY: NO longer ACtIVe	Great poem   Posted by VACANCY: on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 8:25 AM [Reply to this]

	...Jesus Loves Me...	Datz really deep... i woz mooved being a true christian ... kinda understand where u were commin 4rm... keep writing n stay blessed ... Hannah*   Posted by ...Jesus Loves Me... on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 10:19 AM [Reply to this]

	ANNA TWISTED	Brilliant!!   Posted by ANNA TWISTED on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 12:51 PM [Reply to this]

	Matt	god is whatever you want it to be, religion has just caused strife all through history, i'm agnostic, so i think theres something like energy so i'd have to say i agree with your sentiment. the poem is really cool man, the comparisons and metaphors were really good   Posted by Matt on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 1:33 PM [Reply to this]

	‡±Maureen±‡	Jon You are an amazing poet. Each poem gets better and better. =0] I enjoyed this. Maureen   Posted by ‡±Maureen±‡ on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 1:38 PM [Reply to this]

	SpaceCat	Very nice comparison here. I sent this to a friend and she very much identified with it. Me? I quit drinking, but still have faith.   Posted by SpaceCat on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 1:40 PM [Reply to this]

	D@ $implified Poet™:Poetry i$ my L@dy	dam it's a long poem but it's so interesting that u can't stop reading till the end, now this poem is very creative i'm feeling the concept   Posted by D@ $implified Poet™:Poetry i$ my L@dy on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 1:44 PM [Reply to this]

	Lainey	I find your poetry always leaves me thinking Jon. It is profound and deep. It is symbolic and lets me have thoughts and feelings that go off in the direction that I choose. Your words are ever poignant. This poem is superb. Elaine   Posted by Lainey on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 1:46 PM [Reply to this]

	Szadoska Dieppe	Thank you for sharing this poem. I think you arranged the ideas in a very fluid way...well done...I too see the shallow pool in the bottom of the bottle at times and yet other times feel it open the door to my escape from the reality of this at-times-painful realm...I do see how in reaching for the spirits, in the end is we fall from the sky when the bottle runs dry and land smack-dab on the pavement of life, usually a harder fall then if we never soared at all. Nice to meet you.   Posted by Szadoska Dieppe on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 2:02 PM [Reply to this]

	The Four-Legged Fish	This resonates - I loved it.   Posted by The Four-Legged Fish on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 2:51 PM [Reply to this]

	Brenda Gail Brenda Gail Harter	Remarkable poem Kudos many times over   Posted by Brenda Gail on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 2:52 PM [Reply to this]

	pjspincyc	You always amaze me Jon. But I have to admit, I was upset with Darwin's Deads prosytilizing. I find it intrusive, especially on someone else's blog. But I do admire your tolerance to it, just not sure I could do the same. Again a wonderful poem :)   Posted by pjspincyc on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 2:57 PM [Reply to this]

	Cap'n E®I©!!!	Excellent poem. I like the metaphors. I find it sad though that spirits are rented and never owned.   Posted by Cap'n E®I©!!! on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 3:27 PM [Reply to this]

	LadySunf10wer~Mad Peg	Perhaps a bottle of nothing, but a life full of something that's gone much too soon this was great!   Posted by LadySunf10wer~Mad Peg on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 4:46 PM [Reply to this]

	RAIDEN'S GHOST	All I can say is WOW.........Jon this is so amazing that is has literally left me speechless. I don't know whatelse to say other than WOW   Posted by RAIDEN'S GHOST on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 6:11 PM [Reply to this]

	Nick Sklias Nick Sklias	She's such a rare beauty; a one of a kind, when I'm lonely look through me, see something divine, with no ears to hear her, what's the language o' this book? we see Love is a mirror... so how do we look? We look like each other, we see ourselves when we see the world, two an two from one mother; so who's the boy and who's the girl? if you love me then love me, but first checkest thyself, for what love can come of me, if thou wreckests thy health? You'll see you inside me, and me within you, so undo the illusion "there's something askew," to love me, please love you, and see each fear go "poof" just be here with me now, when your mind runs aloof. when we die we're reborn, so no love goes to waste, like an everlasting gobstopper’s sweet aftertaste. When you’re lonely and worried, Just say, “I’ll love you” Or else your home’s gettin’ buried, By the child of who? We create what we see, Since we’re all what we think, Gotta stop eating our shit, When our shit starts to stink… From infinite to innocent, to infinite again, I’ve found the fountain of our youth within a snake eating its end. So I’ll love you forever even If ever’s for friends… To be reborn as one lover’s embrace still extends…   Posted by Nick Sklias on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 6:42 PM [Reply to this]

	BC Beneke	I lived this poem... it was called my teens and 20's to 5. fantastic work Mr. Sanders. How's the jump shot? Timberwolves are looking for someone who can rebound, and well... all this Garnett trade talk is making me an angry old man... so come to Minnesota, play with the wolves!   Posted by BC Beneke on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 7:05 PM [Reply to this]

	Mrs. Matthew Koval Brianne Koval	So we drink from The Bottle of Jesus. We sip until we are drunken... Off of the many altering ingredients... In The Word and what we trust.... We use The Bottle to fill The Empty... And vomit it back up, because we can't handle it... The Bottle of God is stronger than liquor... If alcohol makes you sick, it will make you sicker... If rum makes you dizzy, then it will make you fall... And down goes the bottle, Emptiness and all.   Posted by Mrs. Matthew Koval on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 9:31 PM [Reply to this]

	Mike; The Lone Maverick Mike Schonewolf	I don't agree with the message of this poem. I think that there's life then death. Prayer is a placebo made to trick a person into believing the lies of the papacy. Other then that, I do like how this is written.   Posted by Mike; The Lone Maverick on June 28, 2007 - Thursday - 11:22 PM [Reply to this]

	She Melts Into Wonder	You sir are intense and creative and manage to take something that seems quite personal and make it feel universal. I'm impressed.   Posted by She Melts Into Wonder on June 29, 2007 - Friday - 12:39 AM [Reply to this]

	Allen J.	Great and interesting concepts as always..Always wondered about calling alcohol spirits?   Posted by Allen J. on June 29, 2007 - Friday - 1:13 AM [Reply to this]

	Emilia emilia fernandes	This it"s very beautiful and so true................. We just prey, the way we want to prey!!!!!!!!!! And all will work!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless you thoughts.................. Lots of love, Emilia Fernandes   Posted by Emilia on June 29, 2007 - Friday - 2:19 AM [Reply to this]

	Fernando	...very gooood, sometimes que questions distract the bottle, but I drink it all. thanks for it   Posted by Fernando on June 29, 2007 - Friday - 2:35 AM [Reply to this]

	Sean Sean Hill	Wow...keep writing, fellow poet. peace   Posted by Sean on June 29, 2007 - Friday - 3:34 AM [Reply to this]

	Noccy	Firstly, I am not a believer. Having said that, I really like your style of poetry, the fluidity and the journey. This is a great poem, and I think it has universal appeal regardless of whether you believe or not. Really great stuff Jon.   Posted by Noccy on June 29, 2007 - Friday - 4:33 AM [Reply to this]

	~Colleen~	very creative and witty...thats what I like about you...your very intelligent and you have your own unique style of writing. You write about everything and thats extremely hard to do...atleast for me it is. I can usually only write dark...you are truly blessed to be able to take any subject and write so fluently and creatively. Thanks for sharing. ~C   Posted by ~Colleen~ on June 29, 2007 - Friday - 8:33 AM [Reply to this]

	Jasmine Lynetta Jasmine Lynetta Haynes-Cummings	But God will fill your cup back up, and say: "Keep the party going!" The funny thing is, that most people keep the cap on their bottle of God, and continually drink from the devil's cup. Unfortunatly, his cup stays full too. Jazz   Posted by Jasmine Lynetta on June 29, 2007 - Friday - 1:45 PM [Reply to this]

	Barney	This was awesome Jon. I stumbled a bit at the beginning trying to get the feel of what you were talking about but I got into gear soon and cruised right along with you. Going back ithere were too many good parts to pick a moment from. I share the view of the guy in this piece. It doesn't matter what you pray to. it all works. The last line was funny as well. Good work m'man.   Posted by Barney on June 29, 2007 - Friday - 6:09 PM [Reply to this]

		CHECK OUT THE Jon Sanders Interview "THE POETRY OF A BALL PLAYER -www.MaelanMagazine.com   Posted by on June 29, 2007 - Friday - 11:03 PM [Reply to this]

	Shellie	I really like this poem! Great idea using, "spirits," Spirit of God and spirit to drink. Thats awesome!   Posted by Shellie on June 30, 2007 - Saturday - 2:39 AM [Reply to this]

	T.J. Love	As in fair Verona's Corona, we've hennessied our way to the shores of Malibu Wow. The essence of religion characterized in the pastime of the commoners--drinking. Both are widely known, and both are heavily practiced. But both have the power to intoxicate, infiltrate, isolate, and overtake the human mind; in the wrong hands, they are equally and respectively deadly. Heavy write. T.J.   Posted by T.J. Love on June 30, 2007 - Saturday - 8:19 AM [Reply to this]

	Ionn	WORD. T.E.E.J it's a perfectly good description. Many religions hold drinking in a many dynamics.   Posted by Ionn on June 30, 2007 - Saturday - 8:52 AM [Reply to this]

	Ionn	How interesting that it speaks to every man or women in different levels of perception. It brought forgotten experience and feelings to light.   Posted by Ionn on June 30, 2007 - Saturday - 8:57 AM [Reply to this]

	Definitely Rhonda Rhonda Richoux	I like this poem. I wish "Darwin's Dead etc." hadn't set up his pulpit right beneath the bar; he could have made some commentary that related to the poetry. But, to each his own. I have a friend in recovery who said she used to think liquor was "God in a bottle". I think she'd relate to this poem very well.   Posted by Definitely Rhonda on July 1, 2007 - Sunday - 3:40 AM [Reply to this]

	Mariette	What an amazing poem! Amazing.   Posted by Mariette on July 1, 2007 - Sunday - 9:07 AM [Reply to this]

	K I R B Y	Wow...I've never read anything quite like this. And I mean that in a good way-a very good way. I read this, then I read the next one and then I just subscribed to your blog. You are an amazing poet. Really, really good. Thanks for sharing. Kirby   Posted by K I R B Y on July 2, 2007 - Monday - 2:50 AM [Reply to this]

	Ddeany	It is beautiful , thank you. I did the search and found you.   Posted by Ddeany on July 2, 2007 - Monday - 12:01 PM [Reply to this]

	Weber T. Weber T.	WOW, that was powerful! I tend toward gnosticism. I think God is where we look for God. Sometimes it's in a bottle, sometimes it's in a museum, sometimes it's when we look at the sky, because after all, we are all looking at spots in the darkness and praying for a light... Weber T Jones, old soul, old poet...   Posted by Weber T. on July 2, 2007 - Monday - 6:12 PM [Reply to this]

	[[GABOLOSO]]	Holy crap! That was an awsome poem, I'm speechless my friend..   Posted by [[GABOLOSO]] on July 5, 2007 - Thursday - 10:42 AM [Reply to this]

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