KING DAVID

With no hair on your chin
being only a kid
he lives without want
in the pleasant outdoors,
hidden in the country caves
to protect him
from his many enemies
among the birds of nature
and the peasant lures,
David is taught forgiveness
amid a Royal household
among the gall of sin,
he is maturely sanguine
and bold in loyalty
given the call and sword
for the Lord is holy
and will reward,
playing the harp's strings
to calm mad King Saul
in psalm and hymn
on mount Zion he sings,
while murdering a lion
who roars and a bear
knowing the Lord is willing
to be there for him
even in his gentle breath
after killing off Goliath
with his slings
he knows what only
the soul can tell,
listening to Samuel's
prophetic words
knowing in friendship
with Jonathan confers
on a love that is greater
than any sticky fleshly girds
yet in secret in a heap
of trouble with a just Uriah
but it was to Bathsheba
in lust to naked desire
that God gave you over
to righteous regret
in a judgment of words,
yet you still worship Him
for in your priestly line
was to be Jesus Messiah
in a government
covering all the earth
who will bring justice
and divine rebirth.