...Love This World
"Do not love this world"
was a mystery to me
a world full of history and beautiful things
why not love what God has created
the system, the seasons
the things that grow
the new thing you did'nt know
the spinning pin wheel watch it go
do not love this world
or desire to see it's wonders
crumbling under the weight of time
plundered by the dogs of war
polluted by the folks next door
while vacationing abroad
do not love this world
for what so ever the Lord giveth
evil can take it all away
like a thief in the night
we neither know the time
nor the day
or that our freedom can be taken away
by the things we foolishly love
our drugs, our beautiful things
do not love this world
of vain riches, sorry excuses
ungranted wishes, illusive dreams, fantastic schemes
and that job that never did amount to success
our will to live nourished by dreams and wishes
and sometimes
that is all
do not love this world
and count your blessings
my body has not paid the ultimate cost
nor my mind conceived the greatest lost
of what warriors and parents have paid
on the treacherous path that was laid
before the foundation of the world
do not love this world
Copyright © John Loving Iii | Year Posted 2009
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