they also serve

today my thoughts are focused on the task

that is to come the duty that must be

not just for us but for what we agree

must lie behind the smile upon the mask

up we must get then while yet others bask

in remnant sunshine by the still-warm sea

no one is left upon a bended knee

to find a purpose you must simply ask

if scripture says a slave is due to serve

and must not raise his head above the rest

that's an obscenity and shall not stand

each has to get the honour they deserve

find out the hard way passage of the test

and win the garland with their own hard hand