PERSISTENCE, a poem by Reginold Ajay Jacob, India

PERSISTENCE

a poem by Reginald Ajay Jacob, India

First I had one heart,

Now I have four,

One heart I could crush at random

Of this, I was very sure.

Today I live in four hearts,

Each heart is dearer than mine

I am given the duty to nourish

Three most beautiful lives

Let my heart go to the gutter,

I do not care anyway,

But what will happen to my hearts

For them, I always pray.

They are attached to my heart

If I get crushed, they’ll be crushed all the more

How can I bear this sadness?

The once who are my very own.

I’ll live for you

Till the time he allows

Till all difficulties

In front of my persistence bow

Note- four hearts stand for me, my twins and my wife. I wrote this poem as I passed through testing times.