YOU MUST SWIM

YOU MUST SWIM


When life is dead
And gloom is spread,
There’s darkness all around;
When man’s travails
Cause sighs and wails,
There’s not a joyous sound;

When not a friend
Comes to defend
But turns into a foe,
When soul is sapped
And one is trapped,
There is no way to go;

Then do we scream?
Let out the steam?
Or make a brooding pout?
Or keeping brave,
From this dark cave,
Do we an escape scout?

God helps but those
Who don’t oppose
His will and carry out
All His commands
As He demands
And calmly go about.

So man, listen,
Let truth glisten.
You surrender to Him.
At the river
Do not quiver
To cross it, you must swim.


• Written in aabccb 4-4-6-4-4-6 format.

M C Gupta
13 April 2005