To #Adversity I Replied
By Seah Greenhorn
(Poem with copyright)
To Adversity I replied:
"I won't stop breathing!
Won't
lie down and die!"
No shameful cry:
"Uncle!"
though, you demand
with fingers
snarled in my hair,
Both hands
entwined,
mashing my face in sand.
In Pit and Mire--
more aptly described.
Your goal
again
new
for me to expire.
"I won't stop breathing!"
to Adversity I replied,
When
you demand
I lie down and die!
"Ludicrous!" you deny...
"Pit and mire?"
"Okay!
Demand--insidiously
implied." ... You in effect,
maligning my senses.
I didn't stammer: "I'm still conscious;
not totally senseless!"
Crushed;
suppressed--
my Smile?
"No!"
Though, I've been burned.
You
Aware,
Knowing
even lips chapped
Upturned,
however cracked and bleeding,
can elicit
much More
than
a spurn.
But,
turn or roll me over
someone special.
Please!
Appease with these:
Soft face,
hand too,
extended,
stretching to ease.
My eyes moistened by pain,
still notes
the slight tilt of your lids--
your eyes,
when in compassion
crinkles.
Lifts
my soul to the highs!
Smile! Do Smile!
Therein lies:
expressed
hope
magnanimous!
A heart
open,
warm
and generous!
My chance to defy
again
To Adversity--
with
help
to reply:
"I didn't stop breathing
when you
commanded:
"Die!"
Based on: Isa. 41:13; 40:11; 2 Chronicles.16: 9; 1 Sam. 12:22; 1 Pe. 3:12; Acts 20:35; Eph. 4:32; Heb. 13:2.
See also the Article: Are Your Problems A Punishment From God?
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