NOT OF THIS WORLD

My Kingdom is not of this world

and my soldiers fight not in its war

for politics is the art of deception,

of bribery, shame, and the whore

My Kingdom is not of this world

for the world follows none of my laws

and is always consumed with its mammon

while it shamelessly worships its gods

My Kingdom is not of this world

or I myself would have fought

but I have left an example

and by my life I have taught

that you are to love one another

forsaking ambition and pride

and you are to lay down your lives

while deep inside you you hide

the seed that I planted in chaos,

in the darkest recess of time,

of a glory beyond all your reason

and the poet’s enchanting rhyme

Yes the Kingdom of God is within you

awaiting your sovereign rule

while the world about you is shadow,

the shifting sand of the fool.

(c) January 19, 2008

by Glenn Hall