Dig With the Spade Given You

A poem

Forgive me, I must commit cliche: 
Just keep going.
Time is a rune that you craft, 
But can't control. 

So keep on a' going, and dig
With the spade given you, 
And rope the lost mule. 
Lead her back to good pasture. 

It's a serious business, heavy--
This taking lightly the load. 
A life with the easy yoke isn't for 
The light of heart. It's for you. 

So why lament the shadows
While sitting in them yourself?
Forgive me, I must wax poetic.
Fight for the heavy light, the glory. 

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