My Faithful Friend

An aging man, sage and wise Removes his glasses To wipe his eyes He can no longer visualise In which direction his future lies. Every day when he awakes He reads the daily news, That makes his troubled heartbreak He is an educated man, Who always had a plan To make the world a better place For those he taught, To bravely face The World outside. BUT Everything in life is changing, Creating chaos and rearranging All that he held dear Has become unclear Transparency has disappeared Making things impossible to see It is hard to comprehend How this unrest came to be. NOW As this man of faith ages His book of life holds many pages, Of happiness and joy His failing health is disconcerting With body, mind and heart hurting He feels he has lost his way. I like to call this man my friend And I am confident in the end His strong faith will save the day.