Upright

What if you had no bones, you know,
to hold you up
or skin to hold you in?
You would be a pile corrupt
with no out, or in.
You would have no face that
one could trace to distinguish from another
you could not  lift a finger up
to help a friend or brother.
If you had no spine then you’d never climb
to reach that snowy summit
at best you’d be a lump of slime
oozing  down you’d only plummet.
But God is good and God is wise
when He designed your joints and marrow
that you have a backbone is no surprise
stand upright, walk the straight and narrow. -id