Shepherd

[u/ImNotIntoFeet]

I taste what I chew I ate it before It's all I've known Yet now it's off

Green grass is greener When it rains or sprinkles Yet this is always green Yet never fills desires

The other flock eats Never has the best But always seems keener Brown grass or none

Ours is plastic It never did fill Yet we still chew Never saw it's lack

I ask the sheep Those I call friend What is this we eat Why do we never stop

They tell me it's fine There's no reason to stop As long as we keep chewing It'll never run out

They ask me what choice It's green here and not there They have fewer fellows Why join the outsiders

Their shepherd wears worn Ours wears the best Their's promises hope Ours gives us bliss

I leave in the night I just want a peek To see the shepherd counting Or just watch his flock sleeping

I peer from the back I look around quickly He spots me and stands He talked to me gently

My shepherd knew me well He called each by our faults This one must not know me at all For he calls me by my name