APPAREL
 By: Chris Boone ©


 
 

              I WEAR MY LIFE LIKE A SET OF FINE CLOTHES
              MY FEET ARE SHOD IN TOUGH BOOTS OF PERSEVERANCE
              LEGS CLAD IN A STRONG WEAVE OF STAMINA
              HELD AT THE WAIST BY A BELT OF PERSISTENCE

              MY SHIRT IS A FINE LINEN OF WILLINGNESS
              THOUGH MY TIE OF OBLIGATION IS SOMETIMES HEAVY
              MORE SO WHEN MY JACKET OF RESPONSIBILITY BECOMES
            WATERLOGGED WITH CARES
 
              TO PROTECT MY HANDS FROM THE SHARP THORNS OF LIFE I
            WEAR GLOVES
              WOVEN FROM PATIENCE AND TENDERNESS
              AND GUARD MY EYES FROM THE CRUEL HARD LIGHT OF
            REALITY
              WITH GLASSES TINTED WITH COMPASSION AND
            UNDERSTANDING

              SO CLAD I SET FOOT UPON THIS EARTH
              AND WANDER LIKE THE ANCIENT MARINER
              WHAT IS MY STRENGTH THAT I SHOULD DARE TO HOPE
              FOR A BETTER WORLD
              AND WHAT IS MINE END THAT I SHOULD CONTINUE TO FIGHT
            FOR THE SAME.