Post by ramadevi on May 25, 2009 9:39:31 GMT -5
Ambition often owns appeal
for youth, who crave to garner fame.
The elders know that moments steal
away so quick, not heeding name.
For in the end, all gains are lost
when we are billed with mortal cost.
With ignorance of pride we strive
to scale the highest mountain peak.
But faith seeds bloom and fully thrive
in tender hearts, both mild and meek.
Most people seek to top the chart,
forgetting triumph's of the heart.
A cyclone trashes mansion's mane,
but lashes not the lowly lawn.
The coda after storm's refrain
finds curtains of despair withdrawn.
Grass bends upon a pressured step,
but springs back up, with poise adept.
It's better to live humbly free
of vanity's absurd conceit
and pray that we may wholly be
surrendered at God's Holy Feet.
Real faith reflects in simple deeds
that nourish soul and plant love seeds.
* An oldie, much revised
for youth, who crave to garner fame.
The elders know that moments steal
away so quick, not heeding name.
For in the end, all gains are lost
when we are billed with mortal cost.
With ignorance of pride we strive
to scale the highest mountain peak.
But faith seeds bloom and fully thrive
in tender hearts, both mild and meek.
Most people seek to top the chart,
forgetting triumph's of the heart.
A cyclone trashes mansion's mane,
but lashes not the lowly lawn.
The coda after storm's refrain
finds curtains of despair withdrawn.
Grass bends upon a pressured step,
but springs back up, with poise adept.
It's better to live humbly free
of vanity's absurd conceit
and pray that we may wholly be
surrendered at God's Holy Feet.
Real faith reflects in simple deeds
that nourish soul and plant love seeds.
* An oldie, much revised
? I am unsure of this. Please let me know if you think triumph is can be written as triumph's.