Name: The Inquisition Of The Mission
Duration: P00H02M03S
Description: This track is the question answered by "The Rebuttal To Befuddle."

The Inquisition Of The Mission

from Other Stories & Songs by Joshua David Ling

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This track is the question answered by "The Rebuttal To Befuddle."

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So how do you cram in just everything- everything that you’ve been feeling for your whole life?
How stories have defined you and defined who you are and helped you move along toward all of this? Well I guess we’re about to find out! This is Joshua David Ling - Rhyme And Space - This is The Inquisition Of The Mission - Let’s Hit it!

They’re been a lot of people tryin’ to define
My place inside this combination of space and time.
I tend to use rhyme as my tales unfold
But I’m sure you were told, That I am not of old
Oh no! The Celtic Bards have past,
So has William Shakespeare,
No bards have last-ed
So you need not fear.
I’m not a minstrel of entertainment only,
No lute in my hand, No tights, no phoney balogna.

“Poets” might fit but I don’t think so.
This world is full of poets but you wouldn’t know it. Oh no.
From Dickinson to Whitman - Frost to Poe.
To those beatnick spoken word types who got no flow.
That ain’t me! I put on a whole lot more of a show!
My feelings live on my sleeve but my heart don’t bleed yo!

And this has been the tale since my story began,
My style never seems to fit within the span
Of styles and professions this world has to offer
And this tends… To be a bother.

I’m not a Prophet or a Preacher
A teller or a teacher
I’m not a sage, wordsmith novelist or wizard.
I’m not a parabler, a scholar, or some kind of book lizard.
I’m No narrator or fabler
But I’m trying to get stabler
Not a hymnist or a psalmist
Tryin’ to define what all this is!

God what am I?

I’ve written and revised,
I’ve filmed and despised
I’ve edited, reddited, educated But it’s still lies!
I’ve made reels and waves and content galore,
But God almighty, what’s it all there for?!
Why have you given me this vast inspiration and a nation
That is going hungry?
What is it you call me to, what is this passion that you’ve
Given me ever since the day I was born
Tell me, what’s it for!? What’s it for!?!?

Be Still and know The Lord is on our side.

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from Other Stories & Songs, released February 15, 2021

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Joshua David Ling Augusta, Georgia

I am Joshua David Ling, and I am a storyteller. I’ve been telling stories ever since I was a wee tot in diapers. Mom and Dad couldn’t stop me, no matter how hard they tried. Of course, it didn’t help that I had a steady diet of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and other anachronistic tales that instilled in me a sense of wonder, longing, and chivalry. ... more