COMPANION

Dear God I am at the end of life
And now as I look back behind
I see to my astonishment that
You have been very kind.

As we had decided in the beginning
That you would always be with me
When I look back at the sands of time
And saw you were there, where you promised to be

Yet, Dear God, I was grieved to see
That during the tough times in the long run
Instead of the two sets of footprints as all along
I could find only one

You were not there, oh God!
When I needed you by my side
You were not there oh God!
During my life’s high tide.

“My child”, God replied “during the greatest difficulties in your life
I didn’t desert you at all
All the while I was carrying you
So that you wouldn’t fall.”

Never distrust me again, my child
I would never inflict on you unnecessary pain
Believe this always, my precious child
That promises are to be kept, not broken.

[Theme given to me by my Grandfather from a religious text]