What
Is the measure
Of a human’s life -
Has never this thought
Crossed your mind?
How
Does one measure
What another has done
When this other
Has passed through his time?
Is money
Or power
Or wisdom
Or fame
Truly the measure
Of another?
OR
Is kindness of heart
And gentle selfless self-giving
Not nearer the measuring mark?
Your answer is yours
As mine is mine -
But I leave you
With this parting thought:
“ Do you want to be measured
For what you have had,
Or for what you deep down truly are? ”
© M. Barrett – all rights reserved
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