BEYOND OUR VIEW

                          
 

1)           Like an insurmountable mountain

               My growing sins increase, Lord, day by day;

               Like a gargantuan monster with a weird face

               Prevents me from supplicating thy grace.  

2)           Embedded in deep-sucking Charybdis

               Filled with foul thoughts and deeds

               Like devouring crocodiles drag me down

               My helpless cries caught in dark chasms drown.

3)           Buffeted by Bermuda’s raging roar

              My prayers went unheard far from the shore

              Thy grace unfathomable like deepest sea;

               My innumerable sins block thy grace to me.

4)           Fatigued and parched in God-forsaken land

              Deserted do I roam like a vagabond ;

              Except deceiving puddles beckon me far

              None quenched my thirst or healed my inner scars.

5)          Where are Thy boundless acts of grace?

              Distanced from Thy reach, I cannot trace

              Art Thou a mute witness unmoved, unkind?

               Without Thy help my goal how can I find?

6)           We burden ourselves with growing age

               Committing sins with envy, lust and rage

               Caught in self-made fetters, God’s will, we blame

               As if Thou with rigid rules spoiled our game.

7)             In spite of dreadful crimes and vicious deeds

                 In spite of unlawful acts and cheating creeds 

 

                 We still survive under Thy benevolent gaze

                 Our acts boomerang on our misleading craze.   

8)             Not only men but birds and beasts are blest

                By Thy mercy unsought with food and rest

               Thy great gracious acts commended by all

                We, sinners, fail to respond to Thy call.

9)             These surprising twists and turns, our own making

                 Like barnacles to prickly desires we cling;

                 We look forward to fortunes with million eyes

                 We blame Thy will when troubles test our lives.

10)            No fault of Thine, ever flowing infinite Mercy!

                 Bogged down by vices, we are too blind to see

                 Thy master plan spanning boundless eons long;

                 Beyond our view, bless us with firm devotion strong.

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 Reference :

                    1)   Insurmountable --- too difficult to overcome.

                     2)   Gargantuan ---- gigantic or very huge.

                     3)    Charybdis --- a dangerous whirlpool in the

                                                Strait of Messina.

                     4)    deceiving puddles --- mirage (illusion)

                     5)    Bermuda --- Also known as “devil’s triangle”,

                        region in western part of the North Atlantic ocean

                        where many ships and aircraft disappeared under

                        mysterious circumstances.

                     6)   Barnacles--- marine creatures which stick on 

                          other creatures tightly and survive by filtering 

                          particles from sea water.Here it means tenacious.

                             ++++++++=++++++++++++++++=++++++++++++

              5th June, 2019                         Somaseshu Gutala