Thursday, August 29, 2013

Pittance



Today's word is pittance: a small amount, a drop in the bucket. One day an old woman put a mite into an offering plate ...

Mite

A gift is given, all one has,
            yet to the untrained eye,
It looks as if a pittance fell
            into the plate with sighs.

What to some seems, but a small drop
            into the bucket deep,
Is known by one who sees the heart
            as secrets in a keep.
  

Anne Selleck
Copyright 2013

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