Faith………

I dreamt and saw last night

An angel dressed in white

And though it was so dark

His vision came alive!

Its beauty filled my eyes

And I got breathless too

And then my heart revived

And I said a word or two!

I asked him why he’d come

And that what was his name

I had a thousand questions

Each one just meant the same!

He looked at me with love

And tenderly embraced

I couldn’t help feel safe

He told his name as ‘faith’!

I looked up in amazement

As if not understood

And asked again the angel

Who bore a simple look!

His eyes twinkling with joy

And a smile across his face

He put his hand in mine

And said again its ‘faith’!

The name it seemed familiar

And I asked what it meant

At this he sat beside me

And this is how he went…

I am a lover’s dream

His ends and all his means

And those who hold me dear

Have all the world it seems!

To love me is to trust me

Without it I am lost

And those who lose my meaning

Are to pay a heavy cost!

I have been made for comfort

With the softness of the dew

And those to whom I’m sent

Are sadly just a few!

I am a friend to hope

As light as a floating feather

No one could really reach the top

If we were not together!

And so you see I am but ‘faith’

Something that’s rare today

But if you reach me in your heart

You’ll surely find your way!

I got confused and disagreed

The world today was filled with greed

The power games, the little gains

Defined our very precious needs!

Bombing people, killing them

Finding ways to spread the rage

Building trust at such a time

Appeared to me as quite a waste!

He raised his hand to cut my line

‘You make no time, and that’s a crime

You wait for whom? A star, a sign?

You plead and cry at a dead man’s shrine!

Tell me which ‘faith’ tells you to kill

I’ve not yet read a script that ill

Make note of what is going on

And then decide what’s right from wrong!

Let one’s who know me close at hand

Inspire you to understand

The need to break these walls so high

And find a way to see the sky!

Let go of fears for unknown land

A landscape which is merely sand

Do not hold on to customs dark

Give me a chance to make a start!

I looked at it with deep set eyes

And asked where I could find it

And all it said was “in the heart”

In which you have confided!

                              

    So when you fall or hurt and break
Don’t put your life to waste

There is a cause that waits for you

that needs your trust and faith!