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.

Greed can not be fulfilled, a poem by Reginold Ajay Jacob, India

Greed can not be fulfilled

a poem by Reginold Ajay Jacob, India

Greed can not be fulfilled,

For it reaches all the more high,

You may try to fulfil it

Yet it flies still high.

As in the mountains,

As you stand on a peak,

Ye find still higher,

Higher than the one you seak.

No limits to greed,

Can ever be found,

Why, my soul, why,

In such limitations abound.

Thank God for His goodness,

Thank God for His love,

Neither can metal be taken,

Nor has it any worth.

Food, shelter and clothing,

And the fact that God is love,

No more is ever needed,

Nor do they have any worth.

R. A. Jacob © June/ 20/2018