Song of the Self-Sufficient Beggar

      "The rich have built all the churches 
      And the poor must pray," 
      Said the beggar stopping at the crossroads way. 
       
5     "How thin and wiry the rich must be 
      To pass the portals of eternity!" 
      Stumping in the dust with a backwards lurch. 
       
      I am still astonished, like an aged see, 
10    And like a monk in his cloisters brood upon 
      Love's sensual mystery. 
       
      I have been at my serious play 
      An hour and a day. 
15    The wind must break its teeth upon 
      All I say!

 

From the collection "Hymns"

Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]

More information available on gregglory.com.