The Bar

 Heroes come and promise things

Heroes fail and fall estranged

while the bar is ever lower set

and still the bar is never met

Preachers come and they will teach

of lofty goals that are out of reach

They pray eschew this earthly realm

and trust while others are at the helm

The answers will come to those who seek

and all reward shall come to the meek

A faith freely given embraces the hope

to be found within this passive cope

Hope and trust are fragile things

When they fail they may fall estranged

and the elusive bar that was never met

will still surely be lower set