Today

I shall do so much in the years to come,
   But what have I done today?
I shall give out gold in princely sum,
   But what did I give today?
I shall lift the heart and dry the tear,
I shall plant a hope in the place of fear,
I shall speak with words of love and cheer,
   But what have I done today?
I shall be so kind in the after while,
   But what have I been today?
I shall bring to each lonely life a smile,
   But what have I brought today?
I shall give to truth a grander birth,
And to steadfast faith a deeper worth,
I shall feed the hungering souls of earth,
   But whom have I fed today?

                    ~ Roxie Lusk Smith