Poems (Linn)/Littleness

by Edith Willis Linn

LITTLENESS.

WHAT am I in this wide, wide world?
Only one drop in the swinging sea,
Only one leaf on the swaying tree,
    Only one human life.

Only one star in the midnight sky,
Only one drop on life's open flower,
Only one sand from the falling hour,
    Only one human life.

Only one word on life's written scroll,
Only one thought of the Mind above,
Only one work of infinite love,
    Only one human life.

Only one note in life's wondrous chord,
Only one sound in life's ceaseless roar,
Only one wave on the beaten shore,
    Only one human life.

Only one mind that shall never die,
Only one speck in the infinite space,
Only one soul that has sought God's face,
    Only one human life.