Endless wealth
held out its hand to me
for me to take
as a bride.
I thought a million
apple blossoms
in spring orchards
a better match.
Paul doubted
my choice of mate
and chased
after endless wealth.
His feet betrayed him
a thousand times
when he stopped
to help strangers.
A 23andMe test discovered
a once recited Bible story
mutated into
a good Samaritan gene.
copyright © 2020 Kenneth P. Gurney
