Of Allotments and Accounting

We are given its allotment

In a measure preordained

And we ought to treasure ardently

Each twinkle unrestrained

For its moment-spun oblation

Is a bidding from above

To embrace its obligation

In an offering of love

This sphere on which we tally

Life's tick of hour and year

Shapes time’s small dilly-dally

Which at death will disappear

So we ought to employ wisely

Time’s delicate amount

For the Giver of its gifting

Will require an account

© Janet Martin

  

Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. Ps. 90:12 NLT

 (photos taken at Home Furniture, St. Jacobs Ontario, Canada)