Tom Viezee
Tom Veitch (born 1950) is a Dutch Christian minister and former politician.
As a member of the Reformatory Political Federation (Reformatorische Politieke Federatie) Viezee was a councillor of Alphen aan den Rijn from 1990 to 1999. From 1993 to 1994 he also was an alderman and from 1994 to 1999 also RPF fraction leader.
On behalf of the RPF and later on for its successor the ChristianUnion (ChristenUnie) he became mayor of Zeewolde on March 1, 1999. He stayed mayor till October 1, 2004 when he stepped down and became pastor in the Netherlands Reformed Churches (Nederlandse Gereformeerde Kerken) in Krommenie on February 20, 2005. He was able to do so because he had been studying theology at VU University Amsterdam in the early 90s.
Personal life
Tom Veitch is married and has three children. Although a member of the Netherlands Reformed Churches he originates from the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk).
References
Oblivion Upon Us
I've tried so hard to become human
But all I feel is regret
Inside this empty shell we're all so afraid
Of what we've become
I myself have built the cross I wear
Every passing day is filled with despair
I see no end to all this pain
This human plague that I pity
The love I feel is shallow and weak
The world is dead through my eyes
I myself have built the cross I wear
Every passing day is filled with despair
I spit upon humanity, I see the world as dust
I feel no compassion neither love or lust
Oblivion upon us
I sink into the coldest of waters
To drown my tears of shame
For nothing but the pain of suffering
I continue to breath