Lenten Poem
Lent is a time to look and see life as deeper
That life sure has two sides of the same coin
A side that smiles today, tomorrow glooms
Wearing double faces of despair and laughter
And we Christians saw the both in our Master
It can mean that work comes before luck
That study comes before a good result
It means cross comes before the crown
That for us to live longer we have to die
And these we saw in our master’s life
Tech may not remove all sufferings intoto
At times roadblocks become stepping stones
As if to say we dig to discover things new
Even answering our calling is to carry cross
And these in the life of our master we saw
Does life turn you upside down at times
Its for you to see the down side mysteries
Have you labored for ingratitude at times
It is that you be paid by the justice to come
And these are what we saw in our master
We are taught to pass but at times we failed
We tend to move on at times we have to wait
We want to look up but forced to look down
We want to jolly but hear the noise of worry
And this bitter wine to our master was given
In lent we teach of the other side of the coin
About times for sweet and for medicine
And that we are not always in control
Before we walk or run we have to toddle
And life was the same for even Jesus the Lord
Your child has to know the other side of life
That today we are quiet tomorrow we can talk
Today can be alone, later we are loved, praised
That every ill is a time to learn and forge ahead
In Lent world flags come low for the way of Christ
BT
FT. DR. ALOZIE EUGENE
(Eugenic Anthology, 2025)