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Wisdom in Decrepit Stones
Psalms 118:22-24 - NKJV: “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD's doing;”
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Wisdom in Decrepit Stones
With bones and skin wilting away with age
Like withering stem and leaves of a tree
Like a house reaching a decrepit stage
I wade a few steps stooping to the knee
With the whole frame pining with stinging pain,
Treading a hundred steps a task in vain;
With a decrepit frame and ache in breast
Climbing some steps of my decaying home
Leads me utterly to gasping for breath
As battered by wild winds of a weird storm
I feel the need to take forthwith some rest
Like the twilight sun on its way to set ;
With a frail, feeble and mouldering frame
I feel like tumbling down at any time
Without any appalling stamp of shame
With my time ripe to kiss the earthly shrine
As the battered roof of a crumbling house
Forsaken to face its own fateful vows.
Yet my mind feels like waltzing tall and strong
The spirit simmering as ever fresh
The self shining as ever bold and young
The soul sparkling bright as ever blessed
As a house stone base that does not decay
But remains firm and does not fade away.
The mind retains insight plucked over time
Gleams with remembrance gathered over years
That ever remain valued and sublime
Like memories enshrined in walls` whispers
Like undertones relayed by cherished moans
Like wisdom captured in decrepit stones.
Copyright ©
Krishnanand Guptar
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