FAITH, NATURE & INSPIRATIONAL

MY LIFE

MY LIFE

[One may not achieve much in life. Yet, a life spent in service of the Lord is worth it.]



My life is all light and sound,
But little substance.
It is a flower without
Colour or fragrance.

My life is a fleeting cloud,
Merely a shadow.
It has no water, a blade
Of grass it can’t grow.

My life is rudderless ship,
Without direction,
Drifting wayward all the time,
But without action.

My life is a wasted one,
For me and others.
None will miss me when I go
Under the covers

But I am moulded by Him,
Him I have obeyed,
Though I have been tempted, too,
And, from Him, have swayed.

If the top I could not reach,
Why lament my fate?
They also serve who only
Stand and simply wait.


* Written in abcb 7-5-7-5 format.


* “They also serve who only stand and wait”: The last line of the poem “On His Blindness,” by John Milton.

http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem1457.html


M C Gupta
Created: 1 July 2005