Change – a cycle of life now and after,

The same change bringeth.

Both life and disaster,

The same change leadeth.

One leads to progress, the other regress.

Change attracts all!

But, what change thought I

When mask and air – to breathe we buy;

When countries to defeat each other, try;

While people have nothing to eat.

What change thought I

When children are starving and dying on streets.

What change asked I

When forests turn brown and bare,

Dry or dirty rivers with none to care;

What change asked I

When everything around seems to die.

O tell me, what must do I

When eyes are too dry to cry?

Here, in despair and sorrow,

To whom should I go?

Speak to me! Again I cried.

A voice, heard I in prayer,

“Fear not, I’m already there.”

• By Marconi Wahlang SJ