A Child of GOD

I
know
NOTHING
that
has not been
SAID.
You
know
JUST
as much
as
I.

You
have been
TOLD
just
like
me,
to
QUESTION!
and
SEEK?

On
a
lawn!
I
did not
NEED!
a
farm!
a
forest!
a
mountain!
a
river
or
stream.

JUST
blades
of
grass
and
PEOPLE
with words:
the GOOD
and
the BAD
to find,
the object
that is
NOT
hiding
but
RIGHT,
under my nose.

AND
I have been to:
A farm, A forest, A river, and stream,
they sing
the same
SONG,

HALLELUHIAH!
like me.

Teeth
Gnashing
Garments
Torn
Women
and
Men
Crying
afraid
to LIVE
and
to Die
numb
the pain
with alcohol and drugs,
forgetting
LOVE.

I TOO!
in this
gauntlet
of
POWER
MONEY
and
FAME
have
LOST
my desire: too smile, too LOVE, too laugh, too play, to be
A CHILD of GOD.

Little boys
often
fall from trees,
scrape our knees
the foolish
get bit by Dogs,
and
the WISE MAN
will fall
seven times
and
get his
SMART ASS
back up.