BAPS Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, NJ Sohan

Is it the will of God that inspires me?

by Roshan Pandey

Is it the will of God that inspires me?

My heart and legs are tired from digging the field

Should my shoulders be able to bear burden to dig?

However, I feel the love for my four children

Whom I need to raise and educate

Thanks to the spirit of soul that drives me

Soon I will be home to pray with my wife

As I finish off my deeds

My body needs respite from working all day

I seem haughty and a bit witty

However, I am still the mysterious Captain Larry

Looking to move on to my next opportunity

Which will be capturing a whale

Where Jordan river meets the Dead sea

It is here I ask for thy love and blessing

As I will stay awake through the night

To catch the whale for my family

While the Lord watches me

As the rest of the world is asleep

Far off the coast we are

Yet, we are fearless and fully aware

That it could be many hours before the catch

At last, thank you to the whale

That it came laughing.