I Did Not Sing Today Poem by John Stetson

I did not sing today.
I walked long,
But there was no song
As I went about my way.

I did not talk today.
There was no friend
With smile to lend
And kind thought steered my way.

I did not write today.
I thought long and hard,
But there was no card.
No parchment held its sway.

I did not laugh today.
Save a wry response
To a random thought
On my wandering pondering way.

I did not sup this eve.
No bounteous grace
No warm embrace
No consort at my sleeve.

But I count the day not lost
For the careworn and the cost.

For the steps on every journey
Be they light or weight uncertain
Must be taken...

Lest they bring the final curtain to the Day.

11/27/14