Cannot Say I Envy George Pell

Sexual crimes against children one could never condone But leave it to the one without sin to cast the verbal stone For his crimes against children Cardinal George Pell has been made to pay He is in a Melbourne prison and there for awhile will stay Well into his seventh decade two years short of four score His title of Cardinal may not be with him for long more He may never again be welcome in Rome A Melbourne prison to him now is home Those he should have been protecting he sadly did fail George Pell had a fair trial he now is in jail A bleak ending to his life it seems he must face This once powerful man who has fallen from grace He has lost many friends in his home City of Ballarat But it is not for me to be his judge though plenty willing to do that He is now paying the price for his criminal acts of the past He is not the first to have fallen from grace and he will not be the last His Order of Australia and Cardinal titles he soon may lose Cannot say I envy George Pell or would wish to live in his shoes Where he lives today angels do not dwell No more glory days for the ageing George Pell.