LESSON

By Grace E. Easley

 

They said “you’ll never make it”,

And they thought that they were right,

But I kept on plodding onward,

Because I hoped that I might,

 

And they shook their heads in wonder,

That I lacked the sense to quit,

But I held my chin up higher,

And I didn’t mind a bit.

 

They said, “you’ll never make it”,

As the problems multiplied,

But I had to make an effort,

And to know at least I tried,

 

So I dug my heels in deeper,

Though sometimes my spirits lagged,

And I shouldered what was lightest,

And the rest I sort of dragged.

 

And I found to my amazement,

At the ending of the day,

That what they said I couldn’t,

I had managed anyway.

 

It only took three little words,

“Lord help me”, and I rid,

Myself of doubt, and all they said,

I’d never do….I did.