The last one standing.
\nThe first one took sainthood with him.
\nThe second one endured.
\nThe third one toiled
\nand did what he had to do.
\nThe fourth said a prayer each day
\nuntil there were no more to say.
\nThe last one standing had grown a future,
\nhad projects that needed building,
\nothers to attend to,
\nmistakes to be corrected,
\nand hope to grow in orchards
\nhe had planted,
\nto be done, what must be done.
\nThe last man standing stood,
\nwith no fate but his own,
\nfor choosing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The last one standing. The first one took sainthood with him. The second one endured. The third one toiled and did what he had to…<\/p>\n