The Handcart

You act surprised?
The whole world is in Babylon.
The parable of the ten virgins already showed us most won’t be ready when He comes.
Some of us are staying right here until the world burns.

To where should we go?
The truth is here.
I will not be tossed about by every wind of doctrine—
the Book of Mormon is the word of God.
No doubt in my mind.

We come from a line of folks who sacrificed everything
and built again and again after every loss.
The world will get into the hearts of our peers
and the culture will keep sliding,
but I’ve got my family and my proverbial handcart.

I’ll take hold of the rod of iron,
raise a voice of warning while others mock,
and still invite them to the tree of life.