Measure of Man

Is man measured by his worst deeds?
By his lowest ebbs, his nethermost?
Is that his worth, the totality of him?
Is that the sum and sigma of his being?

Is he no better than the reckoning
Of his errors faults, frailties,
Flaws, venal and cardinal sins,
Mistakes of commission and omission?

If that's the true measure of man,
His essence, his core, his soul.
Let no man's death be ever mourned.
Let no man try as hard as he can.

Saints are sinners who keep trying.
Sinners are saints once forgiven.
Measure not man by his lowest ebbs
Let his soul to its fullest flow.

Feb 2014