Bestow

It is bestowed

Upon the ones

Who inhabit this land

With torn shoes

And weathered hands

That we make this earth

Our home

In that

We have to know

That the earth

Is an art

That is more important than

The words I write

I learn to be a steward

Of the world I know

Again to The End

Again it was a challenge

But when is it not

A full born

Challenge to run

To walk

To try again and again

So hope is the only way

One increment at a time

There was a time

When it all fell back on my shoulders

When I was young

But in age and in time

I will try again