YOU NEVER CAN TELL
WHEN YOU SEND A WORD
LIKE AN ARROW SHOT FROM A BOW
BY AN ARCHER BLIND,BE IT CRUEL OR KIND,
JUST WHERE IT MAY CHANCE TO GO,
IT MAY PIERCE THE HEART
OF YOUR DEAREST FRIEND,
TIPPED WITH ITS POISON OR BALM,
TO A STRANGER'S HEART IN LIFES GREAT MART
IT MAY CARRY ITS APIN OR ITS CALM.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL WHEN YOU DO AN ACT
JUST WHAT THE RESULT WILL BE,
BUT WITH EVERY DEED
YOU ARE SOWING SEED
THOUGH THE HARVEST YOU MAY NOT SEE
EACH KINDLY ACT IS AN ACORN DROPPED
IN GOD'S PRODUCTIVE SOIL;
YOU MAY NOT KNOW BUT THE TREE SHALL GROW
WITH SHELTER FOR THOSE WHO TOIL.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL WHAT YOU THOUGH WILL DO
IN BRINGING YOU HATE OR LOVE
FOR THOUGHT ARE THINGS
AND THEIR AIRY WINGS
ARE SWIFTER THAN CARRITER DOVES.
THEY FOLLOW THE LAW OF THE UNIVERSE-
EACH THING MUST CREAT IT KIND,
AND THEY SPEED O'ER THE TRACK TO BRING YOU BACK
WHATEVER WENT OUT FROM YOUR MIND
