You Gave Me Life

You gave me life. I bow before you.

Gave me success in a limited way.

I consider you a very kind lord.

Gave me the taste of joy, of bliss.

I hold your feet and kiss them.

You now put me at the testing end.

I begin to wonder, my mind awakens.

As a benefactor I had thought of you.

I now see you as an auditor come

To settle accounts. My debits and my credits

Must match. No outstanding dues should remain

Against my name. I stand in apprehension.

I see the other side of you; the side that

Makes me merely wait and watch, forgetting quite

Your love and paying heed to that fear which

Has rocked the life of every erring man.