HOW LIKE A GREEDY CHILD

How like a greedy child you are—

Eagerly grasping every good thing

That comes along

As if it were designed just for you

Always coaxing for some new treat

Never satisfied with the all

That you have received

How childlike your joy

And the trusting in the goodness

Of your friends

Yet, somehow, innocent of true greed

You generously share

All your Little-Jack-Horner wonder

Blessing our lives

With laughter

And calling from us

The better selves we can be