Maturity a rebuke

Maturity

Maturity, maturity
How thou hast changed!
From glory to God
To sin-bound chained.

From praise to excuse,
Honor to debasement,
God's gift to devils enticings,
Fallen attic to basement.

How mightily, how dramatically
Thou art falling.
How do you retain your glory?
You fraud! Despiser of your calling!

Wisdom stands on the corner,
Foolishness also beckons,
As if judgment will never come
and sins never reckoned.

Discern, oh young person -
From whom do you get your bread?
What glitter and ego stroke?
From what fountain are you fed?

12-04