RARE GEMS

Once i look my self and see
how pity that i have been
alone striving upward to lift
myself to rise with hope that
i might be of what is expected of me.

Even the days are hard and weary
even sometimes its dark and dreary.
Still i thank thee for it teaches me
to stand firmly when rains of troubles
comes across my way.

As i learn it from the wise
we rise by things that are under our feet,
of what we have mastered of good and gain
from common things we hourly meet
are rounds by which we may ascend.

Later did i learn how selfish i have been,
proud of what i know and what i gain.
Alone to think I'm good enough.
So i asked myself, "how it's worth?"
it seems useless its like chasing the wind.

Useless indeed in sharing it not.
So i decided to spread a seed of friendship,
thinking that it might grow and bear its fruits.
And it did bear fruits!Great is the joy of i get
worth more than of what i share and give.

Never again to suffer the bitterness
of sorrow alone, never again
to stand alone when fall.
For the pains of sorrow lessened
and joy is doubled when they are there.

Its really hard to find a real friend.
But once you find one, it's more than
enough than a hundred friends.
They are those who are with me
even in the darkest hour of need.

However apart both you maybe, no space
can separate thee. How long the time has been
still it will remain the same. For even the time
and space is too weak to break the golden chains
that binds the true friendship.

I've faced so many goodbyes,
and each brought mist into my eyes.
Truly, indeed that the cruelest blows in life
often comes to us from those
who are nearest and dearest.

Why those we love deeply becomes
apart of us that we grieve when they're gone.
So now atleast i should teach myself not to
love my friends too much that
if they may depart i suffer less the pain.

Hence, i learn to be in a distance
yet hand in hand together with friends.
With greater freedom not only for me
but for my friends as well to enjoy in oneness
in heart the blessings of life from God.

Yet within me is ever longing to be
more than a friend as they are a brother
to me. So much i desire to love them that
they may know love and to love.
And enjoy the bliss of togetherness.

As my heart is ever in harmony with life
singing with the birds and the sky.
So i'll always be in joyful service and ever
seeking to find a true friend and a true brother
who will be with me as i am with him.

Hence i am more at peace with the world
as i learn to dwell more in His love
though the world understand me not.
Still i will share with joy the greatest treasure
I find - the rare gems of true love.

(My college years)