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Simple Inversion
Poor are the blessed in spirit, for their possessions are immaterial.
Mournful are those who are blessed, for they see how the world fails to measure up.
Meek are those who are blessed, for the charmed life is easygoing.
Righteous are those who are blessed, for theirs is the certainty of a value system.
Merciful are those who are blessed, for they can afford to be.
Pure in heart are the blessed, for the world slides about them without impression.
Peacemakers are the blessed, for their issues are singular.
Persecuted are the blessed, for they seek what will not be understood.
Mournful are those who are blessed, for they see how the world fails to measure up.
Meek are those who are blessed, for the charmed life is easygoing.
Righteous are those who are blessed, for theirs is the certainty of a value system.
Merciful are those who are blessed, for they can afford to be.
Pure in heart are the blessed, for the world slides about them without impression.
Peacemakers are the blessed, for their issues are singular.
Persecuted are the blessed, for they seek what will not be understood.
Whereas Sonnet for a Prodigal Son seems to come from a place of personal reflection, this piece casts its grievances outward and even rings of a kind of puritanism. It may also be a bit of self-castigation; but one often sees a paradox with Reformists, that the moral standards of their creed are so high that, in practice, it is more pious to be a failure than it is to honor any aspiration toward rectitude.
Hm, it does what the title says it'll do, and it's interesting to see the follow-through on each. Though some sound derogatory while others sound complimentary, so I can't tell what tone it's taking. Or if it's trying to do both, it might need a tweak to make that explicitly clear. Cool idea as a concept piece.