April dribbles - 17

Sometimes it’s hard to remember
In the greater scheme of things
None of this matters.

There’s times I don’t want to remember
In the greater scheme of things
I’m not important.

But then I wake up in church and remember
In the greatest scheme of things
He died for me.

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