Friend, a poem by Reginold Ajay Jacob, India

Friend

Friend of the marginalized,

Succour to the living,

Thank you to bring me back,

Thank you to save my neck.

I forgot thee,

I forgot to commune,

Yet whenever I turn back,

You just never refuse.

Your nature is to forgive,

My nature is to forget,

Yet whenever I need thee,

I’m never short of help.

You are the rock of my strength,

My Lord I cannot deny,

I am confronted with this reality,

Whenever circumstances do try.

Knocking, at the door of my saviour,

Knocking, that he may forgive,

Knocking, for that communion,

Knocking, that I may live.