IF, YOU WILL MY BROTHER BE

If you believe in
A Great Architect,
And only if;

If you are a man
Good and true
And live God's chosen paths;

If you weep at a man's woes
And his pain is your pain;
His anguished needs
You carefully soothe:

If the moons no more
Your ambition keep
Or at least the direction know;

If the hard and stony path
Is but behind
And not ahead of you;

If your job, its satisfaction done,
And life's a plateau,
Life its stillness bore:

If you have loved
And all the joys of love,
Mellowed to its highest heights;

If life's eternal lesson learned
And have been rewarded
With God's gifts of joy and blessings;

If you have the heart and soul,
And the precious hours
To share this joy with other fellowmen:

If within you, lies a heart
That stirs for more,
And you know not why;

If you ask questions
That gives no answers;
Why, what or who am I:

If you ask,
Is life a tireless search
With no end!

Then, Time is right,
My good fellow,
You are
And you will, my brother be.