Thirty-Third Blow

t will take one blow to break a board And it will take two blows to drive a nail It will take four blows to knockdown a wall And it takes more than five blows for a tree to fell. I will not be taken down with just one blow That last blow will be the one that I preferred When we all die, as dying will be a must I probably will be taken down by the thirty-third. It took two blows to break my arm And it took four blows to break my leg It took nine blows to break my spirit But, from that pain and agony I did not beg. Those blows that I take only I will feel As I have already received the first ten blows And when I receive my life's final strike When and where that blow comes from, only GOD knows. Randy L. McClave