In your face I see mine
in our common humanity
embedded as we all are
in a life of both joy and misery

over which choices
are never ours to make
that which is meted to us
we should accept and take

with utmost humility
even when the wildest storms shake
the very core of our being
we aren't being chastised for any mistake

for in our incumbent frailty
our souls and hearts are put to severest test
in the ocean of human tears we share our sorrows
hoping for a future blessed by comfort, peace and rest.