Adult ABCs (Poem)

Very early in life we learn our ABCs.

Later on we learn about the birds and the bees.

We believe for life these are the basic foundations,

Thus we master and pass through life’s matriculations.

Later on we learn of Adult ABCs,

Ones for which we must pay some very high fees!

Those who pay will in life seem to soar:

Ability, Bank account and Credit score. *

It is upon these as adults we all grow to lean,

Ensuring in our world, as a ‘Success’ we’ll be seen.

But then when at our goals we will have ‘Arrived’,

Many realize of real life, they’ve been deprived!

The landscapes of their lives are thus covered with fissures,

From the high fees they paid, and the resulting pressures.

Yet on they go, masquerading ‘Success Impressions’,

All the while plunging into deepening depressions.

The daily news repeats and unveils their stories’ sad end.

But wait! There is hope, if only our ways we will amend.

If only we will lift our eyes up from our daily grind,

To see God’s escapes from clutches of ABCs that bind.

‘By your Ability, Bank account or Credit score,

I’m not limited’, says God, ‘Believe this in your core.’

Yet we go on clinging to our God-substitutions,

Choosing to believe more in manmade institutions.

What will it take to break this depressing cycle?

Must The Lord always do some awesome miracle?

Must we always hit rock bottom before upward we look?

Just read stories of others’ escapes in His Holy Book.

As you read, by Good News your heart will be seized,

And you’ll learn some brand new Adult ABCs.

If God’s promises you Always Believe and Confess,

You’ll rise above old ABCs ...that often depress.

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* Consider and ponder the prices you paid to achieve worldly success in these three areas of life -- the right education/training, respectable bank account balances, and a note-worthy credit score, all in/from core manmade institutions. In your achievements in these areas, did you adhere to, or sacrifice Godly principles, the foundations of His sustainable blessings?