There is a scale outweighs most life
That bends with happiness or strife
There is a moment time waits for
A prayer that’s said for one adored.
To live the truth and do your best
This basic hope bides with the rest
Tis now the end draws clearly near
And finds us captive to its fear,
Too soon each dream just fades away
How shall we bear our one last day ?
Claire V. Bogdanos 