The Mission of the Camel

A camel once told me he doesn’t enjoy

Hauling people around

As if his only purpose in life

Is walking from town to new town.

But the camel knows that he’s built for the job

He is strong and able to travel  

So every day he carries these strangers

Through the hills and the sand and the gravel 

When the camel was just beginning his life

His Father told him to carry people’s load.

He said, “my son, these people will lose their way.

They need you to keep them on the road.”

The camel’s father told him that

He had quite a burden to bear

But everyone in the desert is headed to a place

And he's the one to help them get there.

“God destined you, Son, to accomplish this task

People can’t do it alone

For if they were left to carry themselves,

They’d never make it out on their own.”

So every day, the camel woke up

And bowed his body to the ground

He let himself be trampled and kicked

In order to carry the people around.

The camel loves the people he carries

He never leaves their side

Even when they get off his back,

He lets them back on for the ride

A camel once told me he wishes his job

Was a bit less grueling to stand

But he gets to carry the burden for strangers,

Which is exactly what his Father had planned.