Extraordinary

If

I am successful

In nothing else today,

If I am a serial failure

If my words are clumsy

And my timing is off

And I am a great awkward

Fool of a man.

Father if

I am successful

In nothing else, I beg of you,

Make me successful

In this:

That

I may dwell

In the House of the Lord

Every moment this day

And behold the beauty of the Lord

And inquire in your presence.

That

My weak and flimsy heart

May hold fast to you, somehow,

With fingers of iron, grip of steel.

If

While failing,

I may simply know

That you are with me,

and the Peace of God.

Then

Today

Is a roaring success.

Today is a breathtaking

Landscape. Today is a New Zealand

Paradise. Exotic and lovely

As Japanese cherry blossoms & snow.

Then

Today is

Extraordinary.