Thursday, September 15, 2016

The Apex


A troubled one no rest he'd get
From all the world's despair
First this, then that, then that thing too
and loaded down with care

Advice he sought and thus he found
one with the proper sign
Get your act together
Priorities in line”

So plan he made and worked his plan
Important things he'd list
and one by one subtract from it
those things he would not miss

What cheer? What boast? or temporal gain
allotted for his time
had caused him troubled heart
and rendered restless mind

One by one he'd strip away
the things of least import
according to his record
these things of lesser sort

Starting with the basics
he from foundation tore
moving one by one
these things he'd have no more

One layer up, then two then three
he found them less to care
Like triangle sliced small to small
those things he would not bear

Till final left, priority one
eternal gain was found
It's there he found his apex
Twas there he would abound

His breath, His life, His family
Relationship with God
Would find his greatest efforts
While dwelling on this sod




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