Mortal - the ungrateful wretch,
Taking all things as one's due
Inflated with incurable pride
Fell-ingrate - unaware
That oblivion is a deadly crime...
Frightful knave - unknowing
Of the treasure of docile ape
(Of the treasure of docility
And fitting teachability...)
Crocked with the pursuit
Of lechery and pleasure
With infected mind and defiled hands
Enslaver of darkness
Embracer of vice
Against the disarming
And soothing Light,
Unguided by the deathless wealth
Of meekness and innocence, stays unlearnt,
A stranger to the vastness of debt
And unbounded fire of the Cross,
Deaf to fidelity and care
Lavishly given from the abode
Of the Author of love...
Dorothy Kardas, Psy.D. Th.D.
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/benefits-forgotten/
