A PLACID LIFE

A PLACID LIFE


I have lived a placid life devoid of sinful fun.
Favors of Bacchus or Venus I have never won.
The only aim in my life has been to surge ahead,
To retrieve His path from which I have wantonly fled.

Scorn for my colorless life my friends have often heaped,
Asking me mockingly what benefits I have reaped.
They think I'm wasting my life in pleasureless pursuits.
For them life is meant to be spent in cozy conduits.

How can I explain to them God sent me to this world,
Not to blow my own trumpet, rather to spread His word?
I know that when the night ends there will be a sunrise.
In the royal garden He will give me a surprise.

His glorious splendor will show in its serene haze
That will instantly set all my earthly sins ablaze.
Then will flow a breeze that will have the sweetest essence,
Imparting to my spirit a heavenly fragrance.



• Written in aabb, 13-13-13-13 format


M C Gupta
10 April 2007