Listen to your heart

LISTEN TO YOUR HEART

I heard a faint voice from the distance
I thought it was just my imagination
But the voice kept calling, for an instance
it just gave me this mysterious sensation

I was hoping to see a visage
So I walked down the lonely passage
I peered into the silent darkness
But all my eyes could see was emptiness

I saw no one on my left or on my right
Not even a whisper or a shadow in sight
Just the same faint voice calling
I shouted, “Where are you? I’m coming!”

There was just something about that voice
That assured me I’ll have happiness and joy
I continued my journey towards it
I heard the voice calling out to me

From the darkness I suddenly saw a light
It came from a side lane by the street
So towards it I ran with all my might
But the light away it slowly creeps

Then another light appeared nearby
It emanates a kind of contentment
A contentment that I desired in life
But again it disappeared to my disappointment

Suddenly I realized I hear the voice no more
I turned around and knew I was lost
I was tired of running so I sat on the floor
I walked around and I knew I was lost

Trying to hear the voice I closed my eyes
Sat down in despair I cried
I was so deluded by the light
Nothing more I could do but sigh

I was a lonely vagabond
Wondering aimlessly all day long
Trying to find for a meaning to my life
For at the brink of destruction it lies

Again all around me my eyes only see emptiness
I was looking for something that brought my joy completeness
But what it is I don’t really know
There was something about that voice unknown

Locked up in a world where I was the only soul
Knowing I will live in sadness till I’m old
No aim in life no reason to live
Could just lay by the street and watch life slowly away it slips

There’s just something the voice promises
A life full of joy and happiness
Something that I have not had before
For I was just a lonely vagabond

At the very moment, the voice I heard again
I scudded towards it like the wind
Nothing could stop me, not even the pouring rain
To get to that voice I was determined

The voice got louder and louder
I knew I was getting nearer and nearer
My heart was jumping and racing
I knew I was getting out of this suffering

A bright light hit me and I was blinded
The “voice” spoke and a face appeared
He spoke with authority and power
Out of my mouth I shouted, “Savior!”

I recognized that voice that was Him
He was the One I turned my back on
And my whole life went dimmed
I’m sorry, “Against You I have wronged.”

“Where have you gone all this while?
Don’t you know I have been calling for you?
Even though you were stranded in the wild
I have never leave you nor forsaken you”

“Listen to your heart,
I have been knocking at your door real hard,
Come back to me my child,
Come back to me...... “
says the Lord.

Darkness once had me overwhelmed,
But now in the light peacefully I dwell...

Poem and picture by Zlwin Chew.