Life...The Great Equalizer Poem by Dorothy Good

Life...the Great Equalizer
Who is to say who needs no healer
Who is to say, 'Who needs to be healed? '
Mankind is born to trouble
As the sparks fly upward
Only the span of life will tell the whole.
Who is to measure the anxiety of sickness?
Who is to measure the silent longing of a soul?
Who is to measure the hurt of a wound?
Who is to measure the unfairness of a judgement?
Who is to say who is out of tune?
Who is to measure the pain of isolation?
Who is to measure the climb to self worth?
Who is to measure the cost of rejection?
Who is to measure the breach of a trust?
Who is to measure the heartbreak of a tragedy?
Who is to measure the failure of grace?
Who is to measure the worry of finances?
Who is to measure the infinite space?
Who is to measure disappointment of friendships?
Who is to measure the distance between cultures?
Who is to measure the loss of posessions?
Who measures the gulf between winning and loss?
Who is to measure discouragement of parenting?
Who is to measure the depth of alone?
Who is to measure the breadth of a barrier
Who measures the length of the thread hanging on?
Who is to measure the height of one's mountain?
Who is to measure the strength for the mile?
Who is to measure the refusal of forgiveness?
Who is to measure a life that's worthwhile?
Who is to measure a life in a balance?
Who is to measure an unfair advantage?
Who is to measure what each heart can hold?
Who is to measure the storm with the courage?
Could we be a little kinder?
Could we be a little blinder?
Could we cast away our judgements...set them free?
Could we trust that all are needy...just like me?
Could we make a day seem brighter?
Could we make a load seem lighter?
Oh Today...Dear Lord, that I Could be
loving...merciful..., to all mankind... like Thee
-Dorothy Good-