LORD, BESTOW GRACE

LORD, BESTOW GRACE


Almighty, bestow grace on
Children who did retire
From this world too early in
The Kumbakonam fire.

O, Almighty Lord Your ways
Are not known to mortals;
Stymied of this life, they have,
Now entered your portals.

At an age when their parents
Tended to every need,
They were, alas, cremated
By their own hands indeed.

Lord, please wipe the tears from the
Eyes of mothers bereft
Of the dreams that they would scale,
Mountain heights, ocean depths.

Lord, bless the little angels
With Your heavenly grace.
And, strengthen the will of those,
Who’re left to, burden, face.


* Written in abcb, 7-6-7-6 format

* In memory of about 100 school children who perished in a fire that engulfed a school in Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu, South India, on 16 July 2004.

* Written as independent item 870920, deleted on 13 March 2005 and posted as entry no. 334371 in MY POETRY BOOK, "MY POETRY BOOK" . At time of deletion, it had been rated 4.5 by 9 viewers. Posted as independent item again on 5 March 2008.


M C Gupta
24 July 2004