For glittering trash <br />They swapped their treasure <br />gave up trying and called it leisure <br />Couldn't measure <br /> <br />The loss <br />The profit <br />Been stolen <br />The real <br />The vision <br />Of visionary prophets lost <br /> <br />For glittering trash <br />They swapped their treasure <br />gave up trying and called it leisure <br />Couldn't measure <br /> <br />The gloss <br />Called it glow <br />Till the varnish <br />Had to go <br />The real gold <br />couldn't be sold <br />Old as souls <br />Had to be won <br />By different means <br />And that means that <br /> <br />For glittering trash <br />They swapped their treasure <br />gave up trying and called it leisure<br /><br />maggie oke<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-prophets-are-lost/
