"Who Is Weak, and Am I Not Weak?"
by Seah Greenhorn
( Poem with copyright )
Imagine a world
where hearts we display.
With whom would we associate?
Into whose hands
would our friendships
then lay?
Would social or economic privileges
still shine forth
as if
divine?
Or should our insides
we thus refine
before uniting races and nations?
Is not redefining ourselves
what makes a person fine?
“Who is weak, and I am not weak?”
A man eloquent we do quote
as Paul asked this of himself
to seek.
Elijah too "asked
that he might die."
“It is enough!"
Jah heard him cry.
These men are great in our esteem.
Yet, circumstances dropped their spirits
to an unseemly extreme.
If they life
put to the test
should we expect
then
any less?
We've heard too of the 'widow's might.'
Who would her course
reverse
in delight?
Would not we consider
her daily plight?
Or would we walk by
in oversight?
Think of pain
rocketing shockwaves to the brain
as a tiny toe throbs and a whole body strains
to minimize the anguish
as tears hold reign.
Would we not profess:
"This little member
under duress
affects the total."
Yes, this we must confess:
"Each part of our body
at times
deserves a coddle."
Likewise, in society,
to the down-trodden
we must give heed.
Hear their words;
to others do plead
for them
sustenance
and daily needs.
For what drops them to shaken knees,
affects us too. To thus roll forward
or further proceed
We must wheelbarrow them
then raise them up.
In this each and all can take the lead.
For,
"‘There is more happiness
in giving
than there is
in receiving.’”
Only then
Would a World
Succeed.
where hearts we display.
With whom would we associate?
Into whose hands
would our friendships
then lay?
Would social or economic privileges
still shine forth
as if
divine?
Or should our insides
we thus refine
before uniting races and nations?
Is not redefining ourselves
what makes a person fine?
“Who is weak, and I am not weak?”
A man eloquent we do quote
as Paul asked this of himself
to seek.
Elijah too "asked
that he might die."
“It is enough!"
Jah heard him cry.
These men are great in our esteem.
Yet, circumstances dropped their spirits
to an unseemly extreme.
If they life
put to the test
should we expect
then
any less?
We've heard too of the 'widow's might.'
Who would her course
reverse
in delight?
Would not we consider
her daily plight?
Or would we walk by
in oversight?
Think of pain
rocketing shockwaves to the brain
as a tiny toe throbs and a whole body strains
to minimize the anguish
as tears hold reign.
Would we not profess:
"This little member
under duress
affects the total."
Yes, this we must confess:
"Each part of our body
at times
deserves a coddle."
Likewise, in society,
to the down-trodden
we must give heed.
Hear their words;
to others do plead
for them
sustenance
and daily needs.
For what drops them to shaken knees,
affects us too. To thus roll forward
or further proceed
We must wheelbarrow them
then raise them up.
In this each and all can take the lead.
For,
"‘There is more happiness
in giving
than there is
in receiving.’”
Only then
Would a World
Succeed.
1 Thess. 5:14... http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2014447#h=16:0-18:0
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