Thoughts and Poetry from the Soul: Musings on Life, Love, the World, and God

By Eric A Trott

Eric Trott has been writing poetry ever since when he was just a child and continues to do so till today. Thoughts and Poetry from the Soul is a collection of his thoughts and some of his best poems.

Eric is a person who thinks deeply about life, and his poems reflect that. Some talk about his life journey and the emotions attached to his experiences along the way. They describe the joys and sorrows of growing up for him as a child, which was mainly tough; the heartaches, disappointments, and frustrations he faced as a young man; and the wisdom gained in later years. Some are reminiscent of the past, and others describe his observations on the world and on life and how it is lived.

His poems cover a wide range of topics, including love, hate, romance, nature, encouragement, the world, the environment, and God. Though some are a bit on the philosophical side, they are mostly easy, not just to understand but to identify with as well.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Jul 17, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543703375

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Preface

Poems on Life

My Soul Would Speak in Poetry

My Life

In Quest of Myself

Seeking Life’s Real Meaning

Pondering on Thoughts of Life

As I Lie Awake and Think of Life

Questions I Ask Myself About the Here and Now

The Answer to Life’s Questions

Paradoxical Irony

Life as It Seems

As I Dare to Dream

If I Could Be a Child Again

On Times Before

Opportunities

Choices We Make

On Time and No Time

Too Busy for Life

To Someone in Trouble

Optimistic Defiance

On Pressing On

The Light unto the Dark

The Finishing Line

How Will I Finish?

Poems on Love

You and I

Her Eyes

Love and Friendship

I Thank God for My Wife!

Love Versus Hate

Nido

Poems on The World

Nature – A Personification

I Love India

Two Lions

The Hippopotamus

The Boston Tea Party

Those Men and Women of Old

On the Issue and Consequence of Greed

Do I Really Care Enough?

The Knowledge of Wisdom

May Wisdom Have Her Choice

Let the Truth Prevail

Poems on God

The Creation

From Darkness to The Light

From Struggle to Victory

If I Could Only

God’s Strength and My Weakness

On the Rock

Lord Make Me A Blessing

Epilogue

Dedication

I would like to dedicate this book to the memory of my dear friend, the late Arul

Baliah, who was one of the main persons to encourage me to write.

I first met Arul some years ago at Church, in Gurugram which was then called Gurgaon. We were both part of the same church before he moved to Bengaluru. Arul and I went on to become great friends despite all that we differed on. Our common interests were, I guess, Christian literature and music. He was very fond of Francis Schaeffer and I preferred more contemporary writers like Ravi Zachariah and Philip Yancey. He was a great fan of Bono and U2 while I liked Mark Knopfler and the Dire Straits more. So, we spent a lot of time, whenever we met up, discussing theology, philosophy and music. I had just begun playing the bass guitar and Arul felt that I should stick to rhythm and lead instead.

Arul was extremely radical in his thoughts and used to love provoking people into thinking out of the box to the extent that many who interacted with him, may have even wondered about his personal beliefs. However, those of us who knew him a little better would agree that in his own radical way, Arul did love the Lord Jesus.

For some reason, Arul always told me that I should start writing. While at Gurgaon he had heard me speak in Church on a few occasions. And often after hearing me he would tell me that I should commit my thoughts to paper. After he left for Bengaluru we stayed in touch mostly through email and sometimes on the phone. A few years ago, when he wrote to me he again reminded me that it was time I got into writing. So, I wrote back, telling him jokingly, that the first book I write I would dedicate to him. He replied with just three words: Do it now. That was the last email I got from Arul. After that I spoke to him may be once or twice on phone.

On the 9th of October 2011, a Sunday, I got