The Epic Of Johnny Wells (Part IV)

So the Ballad goes on for Johnny.

Relocated to the middle of nowhere,

where all there is,

is white prison walls,

filled with high fences and razor wire...

Now fitting is the phrase,

'Out of sight, out of mind'.

Johnny knew no one was coming to visit,

or no letters for the rest of his time.

What was worse was that Johnny,

was now called by his inmate number,

or to be more casual, 'Wells',

but I will continue to call him Johnny,

even though it would not be much help.

Now here is where Johnny's life,

does a complete 180,

him still being seventeen.

He befriends a decent female guard,

and she knows there is something in Johnny she can see.

Now comes Johnny's eighteenth birthday,

but to him it is just another date and number.

Not even the Bible,

that the female guard gives him,

he feels can cure his starvation and hunger.

Nevertheless, everyone get's board sometimes,

so Johnny chooses to read.

The wages of sin is death,

but the gift of God is eternal life,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:23

Still, at first, the hard hearted Johnny,

tries to ignore God, and not accept his Word.

Until for whatever reason he is put in, 'the box',

isolated from everyone else, where no one could look,

in a room where there should be nothing,

Johnny finds on the floor a familiar black book.

So after three weeks cut off from everybody,

Johnny finally begins to cry.

Curled up on the floor, he is shivering,

with his spirit just about dry.

"I am sorry Lord for all I have done,

and for all the people I've hurt.

I've turned my back on you when I needed you most,

and left you standing in the dirt.

I know I will die soon,

here on this earth,

but It's not to late for you,

to forgive me of my sins.

So Lord right now,

I repent", Johnny Wells said.

"Johnny, Johnny, I never left you.

You never left me standing in the dirt.

You have been through so many perils,

but trust me, I was there through everything that occurred.

Johnny, I forgive you of your sins.

Your spirit will be renewed.

You will come out of, 'the box', a new man,

with the Holy Spirit inside of you.

From now on, your soul will be at ease,

for I have given you life,

because you have chosen me",

the Lord had replied.

As said, Johnny came out.

He was a new man in Christ.

He thanked and studied the Bible,

with the female guard,

and prayed every night.

Everyone in the prison,

knew of Johnny and his fate,

but for Johnny it was not to late.

You will soon find out,

what happens to Johnny,

but for now all Johnny could do,

was read the word, pray, and wait.