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• Tools of Life

  
  Take Life! 
  Make
  it work for you
  Life
  Will
  be your greatest work.
  
  Take Heart! 
  Hammer it with love
  Love
  Will
  nail you to its heart.
  
  Take Care! 
  To labor all  life long,
  it will carry
  All 
  your tools  through.
  
  Take Pain! 
  Grind it to the hurt
  feel
  it could be worse.
  
  Take Tears! 
  To smooth it all out
  know
  how good it feels.
  
  Take Joy! 
  To polish it all up
  see the shine
  When
  it lights your face.
  
  Take Hope! 
  To work in the dark
  When dark
  Has 
  not hope to see.
   
  Take Happiness! 
  To know it’s all done
  see
  all the beauty,
  That came to be.
  
  Take Dreams! 
  See all you can build
  make your life
  A
  dream come true.
  
  Take Sorrow! 
  When it all falls awayremember
  It
  is still with you.
  
  Take Prayers! 
  To keep
  your Tools of Life
  pray
  They
  will stay with you.
  
  Take Faith! 
  To bring you
  to the Heaven's,
  build your life
  On
  one foundation.
  
  Take God! 
  To keep it all with you..
  
  A Poeatreeman
  Hard knots
  make hardware
  So use your tools
  If you
  need a solution
  Hammer it out
  Don’t
  pound it out
  God is a carpenter!
  He
  can give you a hand.
  
  Edgar Allan Prieto
  2/27/89
  Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto   

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