A Poem About Life... Poem by Denis Martindale

I saw my childhood taking form... beyond first breaths I took...
The food I ate was cold or warm... all I could do was look...
The clothes I wore, yet knew not why... till Winter came along...
The sun so shortly in the sky... I wondered what went wrong...
My Father taught me how to add... and how to read as well...
In time, I learnt to call him Dad... in time, I learnt to spell...
Then all at once, I went to School... to learn like those in class...
To sit upon a tiny stool... the hours there to pass...
When Christmas came, the presents came... I learnt the Gospel then...
I even learnt the Saviour's Name... yet wasn't born again...
Such things, of course, must take their time... and so, more years I lived...
Till Sunday School became sublime... when I received God's gift...
I learnt because I sought to know... and God met me one day...
The precious Gospel seed to sow... perchance that it might stay...
And so, this little heart of mine... began to understand...
To place my trust in God Divine... reach up and hold His hand...
But time eroded innocence... I strayed as others do...
I lost my share of self-defence... and even friends I knew...
Somehow, by grace and grace alone... to Heaven, I returned...
To kneel once more before God's Throne... for mercy that I yearned...
Now born again, transformed by love... forgiveness held me fast...
To comfort me, till strong enough... to serve the Lord at last...
And this is truly life to me... although it cost Christ dear...
For once you've been to Calvary... God makes the Gospel clear...
Such that I live, till I must die... a servant of my Lord...
No more to ask the reason why... for now my heart's assured...
Transformed by Christ, the King of Love... baptised, new life to live...
And visions of my home above... and saints I'm sharing with...
Each with a crown and their rewards... enjoying precious things...
For millions praise the Lord of Lords! God's Son, the King of Kings!


Denis Martindale September 2019.