Come Apart or Fall Apart

 

 

This world is a rat-race

Driven by fierce competition,

Its constituents are obsessed

With personal ambition.

 

Sinner and saint alike

Working twenty-four-seven,

Both trying to make of this world

Their respective heaven.

 

Both putting in the effort

To accumulate great wealth

While both are seemingly unaware

Of their decreasing health.

 

Refusing to come apart

And therefore, falling apart,

Overworking their mortal brain

And stressing out their heart.

 

 

The result, as is expected,

Are numerous strokes

And heart attacks more frequently

In even young folks.

 

Rest is very essential

As well as periodic reflection

And neither is remotely possible

Without intervention.

 

Warning lights are blinking

Alarms are going off

But no letting up coming soon

Until our river is crossed.

 

Evident are the wrecks

Of those that fell apart

Disregarding all the warning signs

That urged to come apart.

 

Even Jesus in his ministry

Took time to come apart

And did the same with his disciples

So they won’t fall apart.

 

 

But we are workaholics

And often we’re proud to be

And while our health goes into decline,

It is never suddenly.

 

Come apart I urge you

Or you will eventually fall apart,

Reflection is a brain activity

Supported by the heart.

 

Mark 6:31

 

And he said unto them,

Come ye yourselves apart

Into a desert place,

And rest a while.

 

Stewart Russell © June 15, 2024