Conscience

O! my conscience,
Stay with me.
In your absence,
My life'll be
In pain.
O my conscience,
You're helping me
In all times,
By urging
And forcing me
To be
A good man
Of some sort.

M Rezvie Omerdeen
36/19 Harrison Jones Road
Matale
Sri Lanka

Life was Sweet

When we come to the end
Of the last long mile,

Shall we say that the journey
Was not worth while?
Not if we've loved
These simple things:
The scent of flowers
And the rush of wings-
Not if we've
Loved a garden green,
And found a joy
In a quiet scene-
Not if in Beauty
We've divined-
The loveliness of
The Eternal Mind

If we've found the friends
Upon the way-
Well contented,
We shall say,
With the journey done
And the task complete-
That God was good
And life was sweet.

Patience Strong

Life was Sweet

When we come to the end
Of the last long mile,

Shall we say that the journey
Was not worth while?
Not if we've loved
These simple things:
The scent of flowers
And the rush of wings-
Not if we've
Loved a garden green,
And found a joy
In a quiet scene-
Not if in Beauty
We've divined-
The loveliness of
The Eternal Mind

If we've found the friends
Upon the way-
Well contented,
We shall say,
With the journey done
And the task complete-
That God was good
And life was sweet.

Patience Strong