Job Rejection
He didn’t get the job today
O yes, they’ve turned him down.
His heart was burst in pain today …
My world is upside down.
He worked so hard, he knew he could
Do better than the others!
Why oh, why can’t THEY see that?
I watch him as he smothers …..
He walks a little shorter now
His shoulders drooping just a little
He tries to be so kind to us,
But, God, His temper’s brittle!
He ranted, raved; said he would fight
The system and its giants.
Alas, he now sees there’s no way
Even if he’s in compliance!
So he compromised his thoughts
Retreated and regrouped …..
He tried to circle round and up
He thought he had me duped!
But I can tell the mended heart
Is leaking badly still.
The only thing that sent him back
Is his determined will …
To provide for wife and kids, yes us!
We’re chains around his ankles ….
Forcing him to compromise ….
O God, it really rankles!
I hope in some great lofty plan
There is a kindly God …
Who uses heartbreak, shame and loss
As a pruning rod.
And that this pain will somehow help
The two of us grow stronger ….
If that is so, then maybe we
Can stand a little longer.
And maybe something better, greater
Will have formed from inner sorrow ….
So we can, hands together, go
On and face tomorrow.
Written many years ago, but it pertinent to hearts today.