The old man said

I have persevered

The new man waited

The old man said

Through long years of toil

And sweat rivers of bloody tears

For what

I got

Ye got that

The new man waited

Ye got that

The new man nodded

Perseverance that’s what

Jesus said

I needed

And I got it

By God and

I ain’t quittin’neither

The new man waved said

Nothing and

Walked away

Gracefully