Ready to stay and serve,
Ready to travel and tell,
Willing to cramp the curve,
Willing to spoil the spell…
Offering deeps to droves,
Offering blood to bound,
Giving my pulse to prove,
Giving my sense to sound…
Touching a whore with hope,
Touching a crook with care,
Helping the crying cope,
Seeking the sick to spare…
Shedding my wares to Want,
Bleeding my time to Tried,
Sparing my strength to Can’t,
Sharing his grace to guide…
Speaking soft to sinner,
Singing sinew for saint,
Whispering wait to wandering,
Blowing a force for faint…
Promising rest to rebels,
Promising fire to frauds,
Risking a stone for stumbles,
Betting a game for gods…
Carrying wood for Weary,
Donating gold for dross,
Peering through beacons bleary,
Crowned on a bleeding cross…
Willing to waste and wait,
Willing to love and lose,
Ready to rise and renovate,
Charity’s charge to choose!
MNA
1/5/2019
