By the sweat of your face.
You shall eat bread.
He ran his  race.
It has all been said.

Till you return to the ground.
For out of it you were taken.
Even though we thought ourselves sound.
And not forsaken.

For dust you are.
And to dust you shall return.
Our final goal seems far.
Thwarted at every turn.

Like Adam we will keep trying.
And no doubt failing.

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For dust that you are
And to dust you shall return
That is just our fate

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See Genesis 3 : 9-24