The Modern Martyr In The Kingdom Of God Poem by RIC BASTASA

i've just seen the picture of a man
devout catholic
gunned down in broad day,
falling to the ground,
and declared another martyr for
mother church,

sooner he becomes a saint
because he died
to the hands of the fanatics
the unbelievers,

sometimes i ask myself if this is the only way to become
a martyr, the only way to be a saint,
(does it really matter if one becomes a saint?)

i guess, there is another happy child of God
who has worked for the church
who cooked faith, who served beliefs,
who traveled far just to show how good God is,

the happy child does not have to die
for God wants him to be with his side,
smiling and alive,

He too is a saint. He sowed happiness.
He did not plant guilt. He did not grown scruples.