The Irony of Joy

I wish I could post the video of this finch singing for joy 

but that part on my blog does not work right now:(

In serving others love grants joy

For selfish quests can never fill

The void that grasps at dust’s decoy

That seems a better Thing until

Self tries and tries and tries again

To please with pompous pelf, in vain

…for Self cannot be satisfied

Nor will its revelries be stilled

While it worships idols of pride

Want’s hunger cannot be fulfilled

Until Self learns how to believe

‘Better to give than to receive’

What irony, this tested truth

The more we give the more we get

Though self, oft greedy and uncouth

Is unwilling to submit yet

…oh, when it does, Surrender sings

With joy that serving others brings

© Janet Martin