Lamp Of Life

My lamp of life was dim and dying,
But then the unfalling Saviours
Filled it up anew
With this fresh oil of life.
Now it burns with a steady
And luminous grow.

I have seen the light.
One thing I have known
There is peace and joy
In my green pastures

Love

When I got hold of your hand,
My love,
All my acts have become easier,
Even the winds have changed
Direction in my favour,
And the stars and moon have
Shown me the way,
I walk with you in this
Unknown vale,
With joys and blessings of
Thy love and care.

S. H. M. I. L. Y

See How Much I Love You

Love For Love's Sake

If you wish to love me
Love me for the sake of love
Don’t love me for what I am
Not even for my kind heart’
Rather love me for what I am not.
A lot is lacking, you’ll soon find out.
Why do I lack such traits?
I shall tell you myself
Of my long pats days.

I was loved but dictated
By those ahead of me
Everything I did was marked
By what the wished to see.
It took a long time to assert myself
By the time, the harm was done
And I couldn’t look back
Later on,
I learnt a lesson.
When I settled down
To my own tunes of life
My inner self wished to be on run
Making decisions right or wrong.

Now I look back
And ponder over those days!

I hope I am worthy of your love
Which can be only for love’s sake
If it’s not acceptable to you
Say goodbye and never think of me again.

Reality

I built a kingdom of my own.
As the walls of this kingdom went up,
I felt secure within my home.
I lost touch with reality.
I didn’t wish to change.
I didn’t let the others know
What I had gained.
My own little kingdom was
My confine.

When I moved out
I felt confused,
I felt insecure.
I applied my own self on others.
But I was nowhere.
People had changed
While I was stuck in my own little cage.

I mused over what I missd;
I looked into my little self;
I went back, I broke the walls;
I learnt to live with reality.

I feel happier, I feel relaxed.
I live a varied way of life.
I have shed fears within me.
I know a vast sea of knowledge
Is there to swim.
My mind is led into ever-
Widening thoughts.

Into this heaven of freedom
My Lord,
Help me till the last.
I do not wish to face again,
Those unsafe crumbly walls.