Holding Out For the Highest Bidder
why Is It that so few have so much
and so many have so little?
where is the equality?
where is the justice?
why is there world hunger?
when there is food aplenty
locked up in storehouses and silos?
holding out for the highest bidder,
while rats and mice are getting fatter
feasting on the surplus
why is there homelessness?
when there are apartments
and homes sitting vacant
Is It not better to get some rent
than to get no rent?
holding out for the highest bidders
a woman placed her last two coins
into the basket as an offering, a tithe
a rich man put twenty coins into the basket.
Jesus said "she has given her all"
while the rich man only gave a token
her faith and trust in God
will get into the Kingdom of Heaven
but the rich man will not enter
for the Kingdom of Heaven
Is not holding out for the highest bidder
Copyright © Louise Nelson | Year Posted 2007
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