Cast Not Your Churls Before Divines

Little good I served, drowned in hell.

So quick to ring the sinking bell.

Little lives, that felt so right, cried.

I only wished, for once, they’d win.

I was getting to know righteousness

Before I ever knew my sin.

Little did I wonder of the way.

Strangers and dangers were all gay.

Little lives spilled right into mine

And I only wished it would swell.

I was getting to know my neighbors

Before I ever knew myself.

Little did I think before I lept.

Into beds and stupors, I slept.

Little lives brushed right by mine

And I only wished for their paint.

I was getting to know my loneliness

Before I ever knew my pain.