Wanda Daugherty Poet Rhyme

For Nothing

For Nothing

Take a tower built of sorrow;
Let it crumble to the ground.
Build a dream from out the fragments;
Soon the dream will tumble down.

Live a lifetime, work and wonder.
If you're doing what you ought;
But to find when it is over,
That your striving was for naught.

Mold a dream to make life brighter.
Build a hiding place of song.
Live on dreams and on the morrow;
When you awaken all is gone.

You can't hide the darkness;
Though it's shrouded in the light.
Blow the flame from out the candle.
Then breaks reality of night.

Life is urgent, life is earnest;
We have God alone to trust
Though our dreams may fall around us,
Though our treasure ruin and rust.

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Gershon Wolf January 17, 2019 at 1:55 PM Beautifully conceived and executed---and so true. In the end, all we can cling to is God Above, the End-All and Be-All! Bravo, Wando. Another FAVE for me! Best wishes, Gershon Wanda Daugherty April 7, 2019 at 11:55 PM Thank you Gershon, I needed that bit of encouragement