Scared Man

Scared Man
By Larry Linville

He was a scared, scared man, who
never learned to say “I can.”
He would always wildly rant
“you ought to know that I can’t.”

He should have known that he could.
If he wanted to, he would.
Failure seemed to rule his life
as he avoided the strife

He finally took time to pray
and read his Bible every day.
It soon meant a lot to him
and gave his life extra vim

God helped him to rearrange
to make the “scared” letters change.
When he saw what they said
the “scared” had become “sacred”.

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