My Shuttered Life

"I had a dream back then", My kids gather and shove the hen, "Easy!" I say Alarmed, attention they pay, "To become a steward, And secure the herd, But greed...greed an enemy, Sent me to this academy, In poverty I eat and sleep, because I let the herd slip." "An elect... I was an elect! Elected to lead and serve, Here now I plead and starve," Their eyes winking, faces sad, Suggestible looks at their dad, The stares demand for a reason, For why not I rot in prison, "Corruption my guys... ended us in cries!" Undeserving this beings were, Their current I caused to blur.