Thoughts On Opening the Bible at 2 AM
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:
they toil not, neither do they spin. —Matt 6:28
The lilies of the field are dying now
From drought and from disease. If they had labored
Puritanically, I wonder how
Things would have changed. Maybe if a neighbor’d
Given food, or helped them move to more
Protected fields, disaster might have been
Averted. We should teach them how to store
Water for sunny days, and how to spin;
To clothe uncovered parts and fear the night;
To search for cures for every new affliction:
They’d learn to hoard their goods, and trade, and fight,
And stimulate bored minds with modern fiction.
They’d hail the advent of each holiday,
And when life turned against them, they could pray.