The Yoke of Love

I don’t exist just for myself I know,
I must cooperate, life’s not a joke,
and in the end I need something to show,
to be successful, who can share my yoke?

God has the goal, the journey and the map,
we need each other for the mission plan,
we pull our share, a pair, we overlap,
in bond responding fondly man-to-man.

God said His burden’s light, His yoke is sweet,
we’re yoked together with a yoke of love,
we share our yoke with everyone we meet,
beyond--a yoke of joy forever above.

But if I try alone to bear it free,
why then, O Lord, You see--the yoke’s on me.

                       by Pete Voelz     8/3/14