If what you see looks little, it's the fraction of a whole
That's greater than you know, or than may show to one who spies
On any single person's seeming minuscule role:
For those who take a broader view, it shows another guise.
Our efforts build on those of those who labored here before,
Accumulating slowly, like the knowledge we revere,
Correcting and improving any part that might be poor,
Until the total sum's perfection, or it's pretty near.
And if perchance some portion doesn't measure up, don't worry:
The workers who will follow us will fix it -- there's no hurry!
Originally published in SUL News Notes, July 1, 1994.
c 1994, 1995 Fleabonnet Press for the author.