I Danced

I danced And laughed And was a g.i. joe Got too excited And scaled the danger wall Dribbled a basketball And entertained myself Imagined... Because I didn't know any better Or perhaps because I knew God better Back then I desperately desire To still be that boy I still am that boy But no longer Do the adults laugh: How cute How wonderful How impressive: Praise God! Now it's How loud How annoying How irresponsible: Grow up! No longer joy The adults sneer Their way into the grave Burning the bridge back home Back to heaven Into the new earth, Stricking deadly matches With their checkbooks and textbooks Wall street afternoons and starbucks coffeespoons, Measuring out humanity With darwin With devil With death But not with The Divine