WHY

God,
  guard the motives
  in my doing
You know
  better than I—
    —why.

—Nancy Spiegelberg

"All the ways of a man are
clean in his own eyes; but
the Lord weigheth the spirits."
Proverbs 16:2

"Search me, O God, and know
my heart: try me, and know
my thoughts."  
Psalm 139:23

©1981 Nancy Spiegelberg