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Hyenas for Lambs
<p>There was once a tortoise,<br/></p><p>slow and steady, </p><p>carrying gifts on his cracked back</p><p>for every creature in the forest.</p><p>He gave and gave,</p><p>until one day he reached into his own shell…oops</p><p>and found it empty.</p><p>The hyenas laughed,</p><p>“The one who feeds all will one day starve.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Lord, I have seen this tale in men.<br/></p><p>Mothers who pray like Hannah but weep like Rachel,</p><p>fathers who sow in plenty but reap in thorns.</p><p>They give until they vanish,</p><p>and the world claps while they crumble.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Give, and it shall be given unto you” (Luke 6:38),</p><p>but even Elijah needed ravens,</p><p>and even Jesus withdrew to lonely places to pray.</p><p><br/></p><p>So make me the answer, O Lord !;</p><p>not a beggar of love,</p><p>not a slave to applause.</p><p>Let my hands be open but not bleeding,</p><p>my heart soft but not hollow.</p><p><br/></p><p>For ego is a trickster,</p><p>selfishness a sly serpent.</p><p>I do not wish to sit on thrones of pride</p><p>nor die on altars I built myself.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let me be like a well in the village square:</p><p>always flowing,</p><p>always serving;</p><p>yet fed by a spring hidden deep Within.</p><p>Then when the world drinks,</p><p>they will taste grace,</p><p>not my exhaustion.</p><p><br/></p><p><a class="tc-blue external-link" href="https://twocents.space/insights/tag/forgedpunctuations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgedPunctuations</a> <a class="tc-blue external-link" href="https://twocents.space/insights/tag/deceasedwishes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deceasedWishes</a> </p><p><a class="tc-blue external-link" href="https://twocents.space/insights/tag/love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#love</a> <a class="tc-blue external-link" href="https://twocents.space/insights/tag/hate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hate</a> <a class="tc-blue external-link" href="https://twocents.space/insights/tag/ego" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ego</a></p><p><br/></p><p>With pepper, </p><p>SirB</p><p><br/></p>
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