If a passive observer were to observe in detail
His life- I can tell you they would certainly fail
To identify any source of unhappiness gross
He had sailed through life without suffering a major loss
Had checked all the boxes, fulfilled every expectation
That one might have from someone in his situation
Found a well-paying and challenging profession
Married the right woman, had two children in succession
Both were easy to raise, good health graced everyone
What more could one ask for under the sun?
**
Life appeared to move along at a fast pace
He was one of the frontrunners in the race
Yet he felt unsettled, more so every day
Harbored thoughts of moving away
From everything he had- he wanted to achieve
Something more, he wanted to believe
That something special he was placed on earth to do
Not knowing what it was, he felt increasingly blue
Existential angst had invaded his life near-perfect
Leading to a profound negative effect..
He read and researched everything he could find
To ease existential thoughts away from his mind
Nothing seemed to help despite hours spent
Searching for answers, to any great extent.
**
Missing from his life was the notion
Of spirituality or organized religion
Praying was a waste of time, he thought…
Religious intervention was the last thing he sought
Then, one day, he stumbled upon by mistake
A congregation in a church, for courtesy sake
He sat with his hands folded through the service
Listened carefully, in these matters he was a novice
The realm of spirituality that he found
Had a calming effect on him profound
He discovered the powerful effect of prayer
There was no looking back from there
His existential dilemmas faded away as time passed
He had found salvation in prayer at last.
Passion...unbridled 