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ONLY A LITTLE THING, by             Poem Explanation        
First Line: It was only a tiny seed
Last Line: We may wish it undone someday.


It was only a tiny seed,
Only a little thing
Carelessly brushed aside;
To lay me down and die,
Only a little thing,
But it grew in time to a noxious weed,
And yet it is to die.
And spread its poison wide.

Only a little thing
It was only a little leak,
To take away my breath,
Only a little thing,
So small you might hardly see;
And yet it is called death.
But the rising waters found the break,
Only a little thing,
And wrecked the great levee.
The love of one true friend,

Only a little thing,
It was only a single spark,
And yet it is life's end.
Dropped by a passing train;
But the dead leaves caught, and swift and dark
Only a little thing
Was its work on wood and plain.
The parting of the ways,
Only a little thing,

And yet the end of days.
It was only a thoughtless word,
Only a little thing
Scarce meant to be unkind;
To say a prayer at night,
But it pierced as a dart to the heart that heard,
Only a little thing,
And left its sting behind.
And yet it is life's light.

It may seem a trifle at most,
Only a little thing,
The thing that we do or say;
To trust and not to fear,
Only a little thing,
And yet it may be that at fearful cost
And yet it is God near.
We may wish it undone someday.







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