Me So Hungry

The heart wants what it wants
The body craves what it desires
The soul searches for truth and meaning
And our brains are generally on fire

Singers describe their anguish in song
and doctors prescribe a pill
Theologians define the right and wrong
and psychologists send you a bill

Appetite and hunger
for all things under heaven and earth
Is the price of admission and the dept we all must pay
And the Almighty wouldn"t take away your endless longing-
even if he could- nor have it any other way

"Freedom from want" is a pernicious lie
Perpetrated by the "elites" and all that money
they never give up
Soupkitchen soul for the condescending folk
Plastered onto a groovy coffee cup
 
Appetite and hunger, from the cradle to the grave
is their ugly sin of omission, a rather obvious display
But God has the final word- even if you haven't heard-
on what is the final price we all must pay
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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October 14, 2018 at 3:29 PM
beautiful! such is human nature and at the end, God surely does say the last word as He said the first.
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