Without The Lord

Though I venture across the whole world,
and all the riches of this earth
were before me,
yet You were not, Lord,

like a worm
that feeds
on what decays,

so shall I be.

Like a child
who cannot see
beyond the present,

so shall I be.

Like a man
who seeks to quench his thirst
in the sea,

so shall I be.

Like a king
who rules
over a castle of sand,

so shall I be.