I must be saving these days

I have no money to save

I must save health and strength

Enough to last me for a long while

I must save my nerves

And my thoughts and my mind

And the fire of my spirit

I must be saving the tears that flow

I shall need them for a long, long while

I must save endurance for these stormy days

There is so much, (strengthen me)

I need in my life, (so I'll see)

Warmth of feelings and a kind of heart

These things I lack, of these I must be saving

All these, the gifts of God

I wish to keep

How sad I should be

If I lost them quickly