Terry Burns Poet Free verse

Purpose

I often wonder about my purpose in life.
Was I to marry and take on a wife?
Was I to father children and raise them the right way?
Was I to buy a house for which I can't pay?

Should I have been a Doctor or Lawyer or such?
Have I taken on entirely too much?
Have I accomplished what the Lord meant for me?
Should I lie down and just let it be?

What is the purpose for which I am here?
Has failure become the worst of my fears?
When I am gone will I have left behind
a legacy of accomplishments for which I am blind?

Lord please tell me my purpose in life,
for now I grow older and know only strife.
Please tell me oh lord how will it end?
Will my purpose be filled or should I try again?

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