On the Fields of Life

I have just finished reading the last of the books I have from Adíb Taherzadeh, The Covenant. It has been a long journey reading first the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh (four volumes), the Child of the Covenant and finally The Covenant. I am now reading the memoirs of Dr. Yunis Khan. After finishing my book and reflecting on friends and the tests that we sometimes face, this poem came to mind.

On the Fields of Life

Reflecting on the troubles of life
The tests and difficulties
The pain and strife
i wonder for what these tests do come
Knowing for a truth
What i have become
Is a result
of those travails

Looking and reflecting within
Regret not i, these years gone by
My soul growing stronger
more refined

Seeing others who have suffered, so
Wanting to help and soften the blow
To what extent will i go
To ease the pain of which i know
When it is the enduring of these pains
That strengthens our souls

So i watch and pray, laugh and cry
As each day goes by
Knowing that i’m not alone
These tests together and alone, we endure
Towards a stronger self we can be sure

-Shiidon, February 2008