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Toils,
For the sake of none,
Blessed,
With praises to self.

Blessed,
Thanksgiving given to mute gods,
Praises given to lifeless lords.

Corruption,
Lived for none,
Utterly worthless living.

Gladness in failure,
Happiness in shame
One has yet to start living,
Until one is found by God.

Growing in solitude,
Prepared in silence,
Armoured in the quiet.

Fair maiden,
Beautiful splendour,
Unwittingly loved.

Compelled to His service,
Wonderfully coerced,
Magnificently wooed,
Into celibacy.
'You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless till it rest in You.' - Augustine of Hippo.

Servant of none,
Servant of all, made,
Daily regretted,
Daily lived and rejoiced.