BUFFALO VERSUS STEERS

BUFFALO VERSUS STEERS



THEY SAY A BUFFALO
WILL FACE INTO A STORM
AND WALK OUT OF IT

A STEER ON THE OTHER HAND
SHOWS ITS RUMP TO THE STORM
AND WALKS WITH IT
SOMETIMES LEADING TO ITS OWN DESTRUCTION

I SUPPOSE THERE IS A LIFE LESSON THERE
I KNOW THERE IS A LIFE LESSON THERE

I SEE IT IN THE CANCER TREATMENT ROOMS
SOME COME IN TO FIGHT
OTHERS RUN

I’D LIKE TO THINK THAT I’M A FIGHTER
BATTLE SCARRED CERTAINLY
DEFEATED SOMETIMES
OVERWHELMED SOMETIMES
BUT LIKE A COMPASS
ALWAYS SEEKING NORTH
ALWAYS TURNING TO FACE THE STORM
THOUGH THERE ARE MOMENTS OF WILD GYRATING

AM I BETTER THAN THE STEERS
CERTAINLY NOT
HOLIER
CERTAINLY NOT
WISER
CERTAINLY NOT
BLESSED
CERTAINLY

DO I FEEL THAT I AM GOD’S CHILD
CERTAINLY
THEN WHY CANCER





I PRAY DAILY
YOUR WILL BE DONE

NOT WHEN IT PLEASES ME
OR MAKES ME FEEL GOOD
YOUR WILL BE DONE

I THINK IT’S THE ACCEPTANCE OF HIS WILL
OFTEN UNGRACEFULLY
THAT HELPS ME FACE THE STORM
AND PRAY MY FELLOW CANCER MATES
WILL DO THE SAME


FRANK A VOLLMER