Ken Krogue

Until the End

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My prayers once asked for better days,

for easy tasks and simple ways.

My shoulders complained of burden’s load,

and feet would ask for paven road.

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I did not run when I could walk,

and listen not when I could talk.

Many are those who never hear

a simple whisper of one so dear.

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Heart and soul cannot be seen

when locked is that which lies within.

Ease and comforts seem to fill,

but great the man who walks uphill.

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A current takes the well-worn train

and fastest ship will fill her sail.

But who will find where the stream begins

if the current battles and always wins?

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Time and wisdom have been my friend,

heart is full at journey’s end.

Where once I asked for ease of way,

now it is for strength I pray.

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I do not want an untried sword

as such, unfit to serve my Lord.

Muscle soft and tendon frail

when taxed and stressed will surely fail.

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There is no way I’ll ever see

the kind of man I want to be;

If never once I take a stand

against the odds I fill my hand.

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Heir to light, his birthright known,

cannot be had till man full-grown.

How will I begin to grow

if never tested that which I know?

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Destiny holds so much in store,

some want ease; I search for more.

Some will stand when many fall,

until the end, I will stand tall.

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Ken Krogue