Poems (Rumell)/Life

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LIFE
DID you ever think, of the sacrifice, failures,
There are embodied in just one success?
Or how many aching hearts, and weary hands
Encompass your clinging silken dress?

Did you ever think, as you gaze in rapture,
At some beautiful building or work of art;
Just how many failures, formed the bridge,
O'er which success met the world's busy mart?

Did you ever think, as you strive and struggle,
For that which seems to elude you today,
That, tho you seem to fail, you do not, but for
One with a bigger vision, you have paved the way?

Did you ever think, real living, is just service,
In that which you are best fitted to give?
So let us live each day so vividly, wonderfully,
That the best in us, may go on and on, and Live!

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