He Came As A Witness To Testify To The Light Art

An Asian Slice
At the dark end of an alley on a moonless night,
A youth squats low to the ground, turned toward the wall with his face in his lap.  Someone might think he’s sleeping.  He’s smoking heroin.  Soon he’ll fall over and soil himself, and stay right there until dawn.

Back at the neon-lit mouth of this dark alley, 
hookers walk back and forth, hurrying to get past the alley, either for fear or because is smells so bad.  Eyelids, all painted golden, Asian whores always look like they’re made of candy.  Candy it is; but a snarling cat awaits its prey.
And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Luke 7:44 (KJV)
Zodiac signs as fighters
A tree through the seasons
A GUY NAMED JOE , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY GANGSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY GANGSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
“And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?” (2 Chronicles 2:3-6, KJV)
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY GANGSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY GANGSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY GANGSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
portrait of two people together
house with front view
urban street with city activity
animal standing in natural pose
Aztec heritage
urban street with city activity
“A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.” (Psalms 79:1, KJV)
Do not use words to express “Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.” (Ezekiel 11:16, KJV)
Southeast Asia.  Modern day.  Back out on the open plain, our bus hurtles toward the city.
Smokestacks and temples rise up from the earth; two visions competing for the sky.
The woman on my right holds a chicken in her lap; rural wealth for a city friend?  On my left a Buddhist priest sits in quiet repose and presides over the world.
“For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.” (Isaiah 53:2, KJV)
“For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.” (Isaiah 53:2, KJV)
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY GANGSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY GANGSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY GANGSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY GANGSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
bicyle resting against a wall
“A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.” (Psalms 79:1, KJV)
Southeast Asia.  Modern day.  This morning the sound of traffic in the street, 
scooters and tuk-tuks, taxis and trucks, was so loud I couldn’t hear my dream.  
So I turned it off and went dowstairs.
Taking in diesel fumes ‘til it hurt to breathe, I found a hawker-stall and ate.
It’s 100 degrees already; soon the rain will come.
bicyle resting against a wall
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY OLD SCHOOL IRISH GANGSTERS, MOBSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY OLD SCHOOL IRISH GANGSTERS, MOBSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY OLD SCHOOL IRISH GANGSTERS, MOBSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY OLD SCHOOL IRISH GANGSTERS, MOBSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY OLD SCHOOL IRISH GANGSTERS, MOBSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY OLD SCHOOL IRISH GANGSTERS, MOBSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
A GUY NAMED JOE RAZZ , GREW UP IN EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY OLD SCHOOL IRISH GANGSTERS, MOBSTERS, HE WAS SELLING DRUGS UNTIL HE GOT HOOKED AND IN ANGUISH CRIED OUT TO GOD ,THEN RECIEVED JESUS CHRIST ,NOW HE IS SAVED HEALED AND ON FIRE FOR THE GOOD
“Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?” (2 Kings 6:11, KJV)
portrait of two people together
a tree in nature
portrait of two people together