Photos and Verses by Dr Abe V Rotor
Living with Nature - School on Blog Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio 738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday [www.pbs.gov.ph]
The Lost Lamb
You are everywhere but there's no place I can
find You:
on a high rise, in
the crowded city,
in the academe,
market and mall,
in the theater and
concert hall;
I cried out Your name, only to be baffled by
the roar of cars,
blaring music of the
karaoke,
boisterous parties,
unruly rallies,
deafening noise of
giant machines;
I tried to touch You like the old woman in
the Holy Book,
in the church, in
processions,
on a hanging
crucifix, and rosary,
religious images on my
busy desk;
I have no time, though the city is alive
round the clock;
alone I drive on the fast lane,
live in a push subdivision
away from kin and real home;
I am a prisoner in a prison built in the name
of progress,
the miracle of science and
technology,
the wonder and pleasure of
travel,
with social media at my
fingertips;
I am lost in cyberspace, in things I seem to
understand,
I am the Lost Lamb
in the wilderness of
globalization
and postmodernism;
I long to see You, hear You, and touch
You.
... through the Storm of Life
Let me go back to my younger years to be with
You,
among your little
friends and disciples,
where innocence
reigns in peace
understanding and
joy;
Let me sit beside You and listen to Your
stories:
the parables
of the Prodigal Son,
the Sower, and the
Lost Lamb,
the Sermon on
the Mount;
Let me join You in Your walk hand in hand,
to leave my
footprints beside yours,
and if I see
that I have none, I trust that
You shall have carried
me
through the storm of life.~
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