The Search - A Christian Poem

Lance Elam

Why does a man live
          For what reason does he die
Something inside me yearned to know
          I felt my spirit cry

What are the secrets of the universe
          or the powers of the mind
Questions I couldn't answer
          to secrets I could not find

I meditated I chanted
          I searched in distant places
And found the same confusion
          on many learned faces

Some said "its here" or "there"
          you'll find it all within
Yet no answer seemed to satisfy
          for they only came from men

There had to be perfection
          or why is it such a word
yet who could claim to have it
          no man that I had heard

I returned home disappointed
          from such a fruitless quest
Thinking Ill never find the answer
          for I believed Id tried my best

But it was there I found the answer
          for my souls survival

My answers name is JESUS

I found him in my Bible.....

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