MERCY CRIES

Wisdom speaks in the streets 
Calling on the strong and weak 
Come drink from my fountain of life
And walk forever in the light 

Love holds out its hand
Reaching for those that are lost
In life's deceitful plans 

It causes feeble feet to stand 
And snatches the souls of men
From Satan's crushing hands 

But mercy cries all day long 
Knowing that man needs forgiveness 
For his wrongs

Mercy knows there is nothing 
A man can do 
To deliver himself from the sins
That pierces him through 

But man would not humble himself 
He stands proud and stoned faced 
Like a dead statue on a shelf 

And in his ignorance he dies
And for every lost soul 
Mercy cries.

Wilford Barker.