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Hamster in cage


Among the hustles of life
These tie ups and all strings attached
I can only think or behave the way
The world expects me to do or think
The system which I am in, this world
Is all marred and corrupted and distorted.
It prompts me to think the way it wants
Like a puppet attached to it's strings

A world with its predesigned mold.
It tries to squeeze me into
And with my rebellious marred nature
I too try to fit in, easily moldable, malleable
My sinfulness and its influence from the world
Both contribute to the molding
Both contribute to what I am right now
The ruckus, the pandemonium I'm in.

There is so much noise around
So much of commotion
All I can do is to continue in that rut
In that predetermined route, I can trod
Even if I try to halt, it pulls me
It drags me and squeezes me into that mold
It tries to haul me, so I yield
Going along the current, since the time I remember

And then lo! I hear a still small voice
In the midst of confusion, I hear something different
It invited me to be still.
Unless you are still, you wouldn't hear it too
Promoted to be still, I stand there
Amidst the rat race, amidst the hamster cage
People around me again running havoc
Being molded, running in the rut.

The voice becomes louder as I am still
It says, 'Be still and know that I am God'
If you're still, you will see things in its fullness
Now you see things in part
Yes it's difficult to stand still
In between the mayhem and chaos
To stand your ground, the voice offered help 
The living Word as my root

Be still and wait patiently
Be still and do not fight
Be still and quieten your soul
Like a weaned child with its mother
As I read from the Word, more
I saw my roots go deeper and farther
Enabling me to be still further too
And stop running around

Yet the hamsters were running within the rut
Being carried away in the tide
Few got stuck on my branches
Even few stayed, most pulled them away
Few that stayed learnt to be still
I could see, they too hear His voice
They too being still and their roots going deeper
They too encouraging others to be still

Later I see the brightest light
And the voice again calling :It is about time
Uprooted we all were lifted out of the rut
And saw the big picture did we
The rut was leading to a huge fiery pit
We sensed the emergency
Now it was us who like the hamster in the cage
Running around and telling all to be still.

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