Life's Downhill Slope To Heaven

Don’t get my soul until I'm born, Umbilical is cut you see, Life's costs begin (though child IS free!) My sin now starts as I suborn My mother's breast and warmth, I cry! This love's reward? I dose and smile, And gravitate to lullaby! My parent’s dream - it's all worthwhile. Birthday's a first; I'm truly me, And one day closer to my death, I learn to share what needs there be, (While life slow-poisons all with breath.) No baby's cute to pleasure you, It lives to serve itself alone You may get pleasured this is true, God's gift - child's needs somehow atone! In serving others, love gets found, Our life's the price to earn this truth, Some take, unlearned, this to the ground And never reconcile their ruth. Life's "Why's" too big, no man can know, Just trust God's there, our cry's untoward, Find joy when those around you grow, A good death is life's best reward. Long Tooth June 9, 2018