BECAUSE OF YOU

BECAUSE OF YOU

It is because of you that I came

I left everything: father, mother, siblings

Ambition, prospects, dreams heeded the call and came

Just because of you.

Sometimes I want to give up

Sometimes I wonder whether it is worth it

Whether I am not wasting my time

Whether all is not in vain,

Then I see your face, hear your laughter

Then I feel like going on

Through tears and pain through lack and insults

When I despair and would think of doing something else

Then you walk into my office

And I say, “wait a minute” I think I must continue

To wipe your tears, hear your stories and laughter

To see you smile, to smoothen the furrows at your brow

To help you carry your burden, to give you a helping hand

To be by your side when you need a friend,

To lift you up when you are down

To whisper courage when dark clouds hover over the horizon

To point you ever steadily to the one who loves us so

Friend, that’s why I came.

When I am sad and downcast

When I faint and find it difficult to stand

When tears fill my eyes

When my body is broken because of toil

When I get to that misty frontier

That place where hope seems lost and despair nigh

When I feel I can no longer take one more step

When everything in me says give up!

When all I hear is pack you bag and run,

Run far away and never come back!

Then I remember you, I think of you

How can I leave you, how can I abandon you?

‘Just now I hear Him say I will never leave you nor forsake you’

Friend I resolved to stay just because of you

It was because of you that I came!