hole in the bucket

my bucket had a hole in it
i kept trying to fill it
the more i tried
the more ended up down the drain

it wasn't for lack of what was needed
to fill the darn bucket
that it wasn't getting full

of that there was an abundance
which had been there all along

the bucket had a hole in it !

whatever was i to do ?

one day a wise man suggested
fix the darn bucket !
eureka ! i cried
the man was a genius

i determined to take myself
to the place i had discovered
that specialized in fixing buckets

it turns out it's not a one-man affair
these darn buckets cannot be fixed alone
one needs more than two hands

so-o-o-o - o - o  -  o

now my bucket is fixed
and that which was needed to fill it
still in abundance
as it always had been
has accumulated

one drop at a time !

one day at a time !

until such time as
it became full enough for me to drink heartily

before long it became full enough to attend to
daily cooking and cleansing needs

then it became full enough to share with my fellows
and still retain enough for personal use

and then....
one miraculous day....
my bucket runneth over !

now there's plenty of what was needed
which was in abundance already
for everyone and all !

hallelujah !

amen