What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted. ~ Ecclesiastes 1:15
Oh, but I could try, couldn’t I?
No. He’s right. Even straightened,
bends make weak spots.
And you can’t count what’s not there
though it’s never stopped me from trying.
When this book is finished, I can sell it.
With the money I’ll...
I’ll count it when it’s done and sold.
Now I’ve 207 verses to go.
Here and now is what I’ve got.
Yesterday’s saved as joys or regrets.
Tomorrow’s beyond my reach.
So right now, today, I might affect —
might make joys – for tomorrow.
Or regrets.
No. He’s right. Even straightened,
bends make weak spots.
And you can’t count what’s not there
though it’s never stopped me from trying.
When this book is finished, I can sell it.
With the money I’ll...
I’ll count it when it’s done and sold.
Now I’ve 207 verses to go.
Here and now is what I’ve got.
Yesterday’s saved as joys or regrets.
Tomorrow’s beyond my reach.
So right now, today, I might affect —
might make joys – for tomorrow.
Or regrets.
“God, grant me the serenity to accept
the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and wisdom to know the difference.”
the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and wisdom to know the difference.”
- Barbara B. Rollins A Time for Verse - Poetic Ponderings on Ecclesiastes (Kindle Locations 279-291).
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