A five letter word

 

I met her in my twenties,

When I was my most vulnerable self.

She tucked me into her embrace,

With warmth and love.

Together we have travelled ever since,

I the fish and she the big blue sea.

Often, I wondered,

How did she come to be?

This exalted emotion that she is meant to be.

Beyond all religions,

Beyond all geographies,

She holds humanity on its knees.

She is loved and cherished by all,

She is the anchor to life for many.

For those who let her in wholeheartedly,

She weaves in her magic with miracles many.

Holding on to her, 

Life becomes merry.

She is in trust and in belief,

She is in love and in bhakti,

She is the end and the means to the end,

She is one we hold on to till our very end.

She is the way to God we all so wish to meet.

She is a five-letter word called Faith.

Faith is that belief in our God,

Faith is that emotion we feel towards life,

Faith is that feeling that influences our choices,

Faith is that conviction we hold on ourselves.

Faith as small as a mustard seed,

Has the power to move mountains and seas.

Faith is the promise of the life force,

That keeps the beats of our heart going forth,

Faith is as old as existence,

Faith is the very reason for our existence.