Inspired by Deuteronomy 7:10-15

In America

Filled with cities we didn’t build or dream or kill

Eating crops we didn’t grow

Enjoying freedom we didn’t earn

We are sad

 

We think we have nothing

Though we choke on abundance

Treating our stomach pains

With more bread

 

We live in dread

Of a life without meaning

But spend all morning in bed

Hungover by the eternal scroll

 

We pursued other gods

Freedom, our queen

And comfort, our king

Filling the court with pastors

Of self-actualization

 

Take care lest you forget the Lord