Bloodshed

Martha

Bloodshed


I must be saving these days 
I have no money to save 
I must save health and strength 
Enough to last me for a long while 
I must save my nerves 
And my thoughts and my mind 
And the fire of my spirit 
I must be saving the tears that flow 
I shall need them for a long, long while 
I must save endurance for these stormy days 
There is so much, (strengthen me) 
I need in my life, (so I'll see) 
Warmth of feelings and a kind of heart 
These things I lack, of these I must be saving 
All these, the gifts of God 
I wish to keep 
How sad I should be 
If I lost them quickly