untie the knots that bind you
upend the changers’ scales
you are not this aching circle
you are not this heart which fails
Adam’s dust in on your temples
David’s thirst is in your loins
you have crossed the sands to see Me
don’t forsake me for some coins!
for the charm of life is fleeting
often squandered, often bruised
and the one sin I can speak of
is the sin of life unused