I DON’T WANT TO LOSE FAITH

You gave me the birth

You gave me the mirth

You gave me no dearth

Of cheer on this earth.

Family did tug me along,

To everyone I did belong,

Enjoyed familial ties strong,

To me, life was on song.

Until…

You took away my father

But left me a caring mother

You took away my brother

But left me woes none other.

Then lightning cruel struck

My mother it did pluck

Dazed I was, in life’s muck

Unaware of riches in my luck.

In You, I lost implicit faith

Compensated losses thou saith

Given me a spouse, thou hath

Me, in her love, she did bathe.

Life was full, much to elate

Joy aplenty on its plate

Not a moment dull or sedate

Or a day that wasn’t great.

Life acquired a new meaning

It was a marathon of dreaming

Everything glossy and gleaming

From it, there was no weaning.

And then…

Dawned on me life’s reality

Ill health took her casualty

The reason was her frailty

Could not fight the actuality.

Nature’s writ final, they say

That no court could stay

Struggled to keep it at bay

Failed badly, to my dismay.

Sent myriad prayers unto thee

Life turned an incessant plea

Gone was mirth, gone was glee

Oh God! When’ll you set us free?

Fell on deaf ears, my entreaty

Before the Court of Almighty

You took from me, my sweetie,

Losing Faith, I turned to impiety.

Stared catastrophe head on

‘Morrow’ gone from lexicon

With life unable to carry on

For solace, progeny looks on.

And now…

Where will I find solace?

Anywhere in the cruel place

Life’s but an endless menace

Finding death is eternal chase.

Give me something to live for

And someone who’ll care for

Balm to soothe wounds galore

Having faith in You, a reason for.

Help me, merciful God Almighty

I don’t want to lose Faith in thee.

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