Lencho’s Faith-Poem

 

"A Letter to God"

Here is a poem on Lencho, the main character from the lesson by Gregorio López y Fuentes.This poem captures Lencho’s deep faith, hardship, and the message of hope:

 

"Lencho’s Faith"

 

Upon the hill where fields did sway,

Lencho toiled day by day.

With sunburned hands and hopeful eyes,

He prayed for rain from clouded skies.

 

His crops stood tall, the corn was near,

But nature’s grace did disappear.

The storm arrived, the hail came fast,

And all his dreams were lost at last.

 

No food, no hope, the earth lay bare,

But Lencho didn’t fall to despair.

He wrote to God with steady pen,

Believing help would come again.

 

“Dear God,” he wrote, “I need your aid,

A hundred pesos must be paid.

To feed my kids, to plant and sow,

Only you can help me grow.”

 

The letter reached the postman’s hand,

Who read the words and made a plan.

With kindness deep, they passed the hat,

And gave Lencho this and that.

 

Though short the sum, the help was true,

But Lencho doubted what men do.

“God sent it all,” he quickly said,

“But why did crooks take part of my bread?”

 

Still through it all, his faith stood strong,

A lesson in hope when things go wrong.

For Lencho, though his field was flawed,

Believed with heart — and trusted God.