After Failure
The careful, unremitting work I did has not availed. I gave my best to one large task, And now I know I failed. Today I’ll do the little things, The things I can do best. I’ll do the little, easy things And give my heart a rest. A dozen little things, well done, Will lighten […]
The One-Talent Man
A trusting eager child, he was derided, Made shrinkingly aware of lack of worth When one he loved rejected work he prided Himself on, and he hid it in the earth. So later, entrusted with one precious thing, He his it lest he lost it, for he fearer. He bears his punishment; and time will […]
Plowman
My father plowed. So we were fed. But meager soil Earns meager bread. He plowed with zest, He plowed with wonder, But soon we saw His youth plowed under. With hope drought-stricken, With heart unbowing, He bent his back And kept on plowing. With stubborn love And a gaunt with pride My father plowed Till […]