a nagging doubt

when we've done all our tasks and are at rest
the mind will stir and invent things undone
each day each hour we confront another test

life we are told lies between curse and jest
what each has lost the other has just won
when we've done all our tasks and are at rest

what most we wish for's a burden and a pest
when we don't have it that's not so much fun
each day each hour we confront another test

the garden we've laid out was made with zest
but now we have no zeal and honour shun
when we've done all our tasks and are at rest

we've got the duty to fulfill your last request
you'll be long gone before we see the sun
each day each hour we confront another test

what's been required was done at your behest
it was a sore trial to us though not the only one
when we've done all our tasks and are at rest
each day each hour we confront another test