ALLEGORY Poem: You Wanted Worship, I Wanted Love, by Sadie Lang

You wanted worship, I wanted love – Sadie J. Lang
All you wanted was your manhood sainted;
Anointed by a holy oil, grasped in heaven’s gate.
You wanted love, and I thought that’s what I gave.

Is it now; that dragon, sated?
Have you found the release you’ve long awaited?
In a cave of hallowed souls, you craved it—

But the snake is never charmed by song alone,
so tell me how it feels to turn to stone.
When the pleasure’s gone, you’ll have no home.

When death has come about your loan:
all the time borrowed, and the love you’d been shown,
don’t forget to mention the girl you’d known—

The one you let go; the one you let run!
All of god’s fruits will spoil in the sun,
but my garden’s bloom has just begun.

God’s masterpiece, you let her go,
you let her leave, and now you know:
When life draws cards that say you’ve won,
don’t gamble just to have some fun.