The Road of Life

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The Road of Life       Written June 10^th 2011 by Jokpeme Joseph Omode

We are often tossed and driven on

Through the restless sea of time,

Somber skies and howling tempest

Oft succeed a bright sunshine.

There are painful laughter

On the metallic hell of the roads.

And the monotonous rhythm of the paternoster

Drowned the howling on the plantations.

O the bitter memories of extorted kisses

Of promises broken in life;

Yet hope is still preserved in us as in a fortress.

We are often destitute of the things that life demands;

Want of food and want of shelter,

Trials dark on every hand,

And we cannot understand.

Temptation hidden snares

Often takes us unaware,

And our hearts are made to bleed.

For many a thoughtless word or deed,

And we wonder why the test

When we try to do our best,

But we’ll understand it better by and by.

Sometimes the howling storms

Of doubt and fear assail

Out of the angry waves;

Sometimes we find ourselves

On the mount where the sun shines so bright,

Sometimes in the valley in the darkest of night.

Sometimes sorrows befall us, and Satan oppose;

Through grace we shall conquer and defeat

All our foes and limitations in this road of life.