CALLUS

A CALLUS IS A HARD LITTLE THING
USALLY WORN BY THE COMMON MAN
TO REPRESENT HIS TOILS AND LABOR
WORKING ON KNEES AND HANDS.

FROM EACH CALLUS COMES A STRORY
OF JUST HOW IT WAS EARNED
SOME BRING GREIF,SOME BRING JOY
AND SOME ARE NEVER LEARNED.

A CALLUS MAY BE ON THE HAND
CAUSED BY ONE MAN'S FOOLISH DREAM
WHILE ON SOME OTHERS THER WAS A PLAN
TO HELP SOME HUMAN BEING.

A LOT I'M SURE WERE CAUSED IN VAIN
AND SOME WERE CAUSED BY RULE
SOME WERE BORN BY SPECIAL MEN
AND SOME WERE BORN BY FOOLS.

SOME FORM OF THEM CAN BE TREATED
AND VERY QUICKLY HEAL
SOME OTHERS HAVE BEEN THERE SO LONG
THEY SEEM TO FORM A SEAL.

A CALLUS MAY BE THOUGHT TO BE
JUST ON THE KNEES AND HAND
OH DEAR FRIEND THE MOST COMMON PLACE
IS ON THE HEART OF MAN

WHEN AS A CHILD THAT LITTLE HEART
IS SO VERY PURE
FOLKS JUST SEEM TO PASS IT BY
THERE IS NOTHING THERE TO CURE.

THIS OLDER HEART IS THE ONE
THAT SEEMS TO TAKE THE TOLL
OF A CALLUS THOUGHT, FROM A THOUGHTLESS MIND
FROM SOME WITH A LOST SOUL.