Poems From Inside Me

Spiritual Poem

A Policy of Faith

How many men and women among us really understand

That the true outcome of all our lives isn’t really in our hands

Did my parents want three children

Or was two already two too much

I think sometimes because I came along

Life for all five of us was tough

No matter how I tried it seemed

I couldn’t make my hero brother my friend

And no one at school wanted me on their teams

But I fought and made them bend

Something deep within me

Just made me keep trying

I had to make these people see

That to me giving up was worse than dying

And so as I grew older

I ended up lost in the culture of death and war

And soon I grew stronger; bolder

Trained hard and fought others more and more

One side of me truly loved my family

The other weapons, battle, death

I could not go on happily

And rarely drew a sober breath

I’m glad to say I changed with time

But there is something missing from my life

To have wasted all these years seems a crime

And to be alone; no children or wife

Yes I had planned that by now I would have wealth and love

I thought things would just turn around

But I still have faith I will end up high above

When they plant me in the ground

It isn’t tough to see my friend

It takes just a little faith

A little insurance policy for life’s end

Called knowing you are saved

Leif Gregersen

May 2, 2014