Genisius was a actor
one of the very best we hear,
He was to act in a comic play
meant to ridicule the Christians here.
Emperor Diocletian would be in the theater,
a chance for advancement or a cause for fear
Genisisu was a pagan as were many in the theater,
to be a Christian was to many someone to scoff and sneer
The curtain was rising and Genisius did appear
asking a fellow actor to play a priest and baptize our dear Genisius
Right now and here!
The actor mocked the ritual and water was poured pure and clear.
Genisius then said an angel did appear.
The heaven above were open and a voice he did hear
Genisius then told the audience, emperor and all that he was now a Christian
his God was not the emperor and never will.
Diocletian became furious telling his guards the get Genisius out of here
They locked him in a a cage and used torture trying to make him adhere
He was given chances to renounce his new found faith but he would not yield to fear
the emperor got the message and gave the order to kill .
Genisius is now a martyred Saint, someday the emperor could be still
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