Pure In Heart - Poem

I had been wanting to write a poem to launch this blog. Naturally nothing would come to me when I wanted it to. Fortunately I have been writing a poem a day for National Poetry Month. The other day I got the poem I wanted to start this blog. Here it is. I hope you enjoy it.

Pure In Heart

There is a place
Where the pure in heart dwell
It is more like heaven
Than this earthly hell
Yet on this earth
Is where it must be
To give us the key
To eternity

Who are the pure in heart
That dwell
In this peaceful land
They are those that think of God
More than the things of man
Worldly things
Are to them as dross
The life they look for
Beyond a cross

Intelligence is to them
Their greatest earthly treasure
Nothing else in this sphere
Has an equal measure
They are unified
In mind and heart
A people
One in the Gospel art

Among them they hold
All things in common
Yet seek not
The power of mammon
Wanting no more
Than what they need
Truly, loving they neighbor
Is their creed

One can ten thousand
Put to flight
Filled with wisdom
Love and light
From mountain peak
To distant shore
Learning the art
Of war no more
With God's great power
On their side
The blessings of Heaven
On them abide