Living in Hope

Like a red ball of fire the sun makes way
Evening draws near the end of day
And I seek warmth in its fading glow.

Landlord chucked me out I thought he would
Got no money to buy me food
Helpless the tears flow.

Sitting on the road I have nowehere to go.
The houses so stony row upon row
The streets empty but for a poor man's plight
I wipe my eyes in vestiges of
Light
I wash my soul of
Doubt.

'Coz don't you know that I believe?
I'm living to  hope
Coz I'm hoping to live.
Even when this world's got
Nothing to give.
I am hoping to live.

Got no job no family.
Mom and dad they died on me.
I was an only son.

The woman I loved she disagreed
A man must show the world his greed
Love has to provide.
I have learnt to live alone
The stars are many the sun is one
And the moon on its wake must ride.

It's okay and its alright
Starved to the bone but not
Starved for a fight.
I have got plenty on me.

The air and the sky and dawn on earth.
The chirruping birds herald hopes new birth
Because no one is scar free.

'Coz don't you know that I believe?
I'm living to  hope
Coz I'm hoping to live.
Even when this world's got
Nothing to give.
I am hoping to live.

The agony and the ecstasy
The Lord he sheds his tears  for me
I am his living testament.

Father and mother looks down on me
The soft night sky it blankets me
Stars their shimmers send.

I am the living testament
To God's witness your ears lend
Perhaps a Job of
Present days
I am only living by his grace.

'Coz don't you know that I believe?
I'm living to  hope
Coz I'm hoping to live.
Even when this world's got
Nothing to give.
I am hoping to live.

Even when this world's got
Nothing to give.
I am hoping to live.

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(c)  Amrita  Valan 2014