I Wonder

By
Bill Strickland

I FIND I OFTEN WONDER ABOUT WHAT MAKES MY LIFE WORTHWHILE

IT SEEMS TO BE ELUSIVE, YET SO INSISTENTLY BEGUILES

I SAY "IT DOESN'T MATTER", FOR THIS ALSO WILL PASS

BUT THE WONDER OF "IT MUST MATTER" RETURNS IN ITS HARASS

SO AS I LOOK THIS MOMENT SQUARELY IN THE EYE

I ASK WHAT GIVES YOU VALUE AS YOU ARE PASSING BY?

IT'S SAID WHAT GOES AROUND WILL ALWAYS COME AGAIN

SO IF I MISS YOU THIS TIME MAYBE NEXT WILL BE WHEN

I WONDER IF ABUNDANCE MAKES YOU BETTER THAN BEFORE

BUT THOSE WHO HAVE ABUNDANCE ARE ALWAYS WANTING MORE

THERE SEEMS TO BE A LONGING IN ME AND ALL THE REST

THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK IF I COULD BE THE BEST

IF THERE WERE JUST A PINNACLE DESIGNED JUST RIGHT FOR ME

WHERE I COULD SIT ATOP IT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE

AND ALL LOOK UP IN WONDER, AS IF THEY SEE A VISION

AS I DO WHAT E'RE I DO WITH EXCELLENT PRECISION

BUT EVEN SUCH A MOMENT WOULD ONLY LAST A WHILE

IT'S VALUE QUICKLY LOST AS ANOTHER COMES IN STYLE

OH VANITY OF VANITY WHAT SHALL I THEN PURSUE

IS HAPPINESS IN WHAT I THINK OR SOMETHING THAT I DO

IT SEEMS THAT LIFE HAS OPPOSITES, FIRST ONE AND THEN THE OTHER

SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN ONE TIME YOU WON'T HAVE IN ANOTHER

WHICH MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW ON WHAT TO CLING

TODAY IT MAY BE VALUABLE, TOMORROW, NOT WORTH A THING

SO WHEN THE SLIDE IS DOWNWARD JUST DO THE BEST YOU CAN

THE WORLD KEEPS RIGHT ON TURNING AND YOU'LL BE UP AGAIN

AND REMEMBER WHEN THE INCREASE COMES SO WILL THOSE WHO USE IT

SO EVEN WHEN YOU'VE GOT IT, IT'S NOT LONG UNTIL YOU LOSE IT

AND, YOU CAN'T PROTECT IT NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY

FOR ABOUT THE TIME IT'S ALL IN PLACE, THEN YOU'LL UP AND DIE

WE ALL WERE BORN WITH NOTHING AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE LEAVE

MAKING IT MOST DIFFICULT TO KNOW ON WHAT TO CLEAVE

BEFORE IT GETS MORE DISMAL AND THE FORECAST TURNS TO DOOM

IT'S NOT A WHAT YOU CLING TO, YOUR HOPE IS IN A WHOM

THE UPS AND DOWNS WE FACE IN LIFE ARE NOT TOO HARD TO BEAR

IF SOMEWHERE DEEP WITHIN ME I CAN KNOW THAT SOMEONE CARES

WHEN THERE IS A PLACE I KNOW I'LL FIND A LOVING TOUCH

ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT HASSLE ME WON'T MATTER VERY MUCH

BUT EVE_N_ LOVE CAN FAIL WHEN -FROM A HUMAN SOURCE

I NEED A CARE THAT MOVES BEYOND THE SO-CALLED HUMAN FORCE

I WANT TO TELL YOU OF A LOVE BUT WANT NOT TO OFFEND

A LOVE OF ONE WHO DIED FOR YOU AND THEN ROSE UP AGAIN

HE IS THE ONE WHO IS THE SAME TODAY AND EVERMORE

THE ONE WHO CARES AND MAKES EACH DAY A DAY WORTH LIVING FOR

SO WHEN I GET DISCOURAGED AND LIFE SEEMS LIKE A BUST

THAT'S THE TIME I LOOK TO JESUS AND MAKE AN INCREASE IN MY TRUST!