Life’s Question Marks

Life from birth to death
Is punctuated with question marks
As a new born, one wails over
The question of adjusting
To this insouciant environment
Yet brimming with hope
One advances in life

As a toddler
In this twenty first century
One longs for the
Company of parents
Alas! The toddler’s blithe life
Is interrupted by the question
Of spending time in crèche
Yet brimming with hope
One advances in life
To have a secured future!

As a teenager
One is diligent in studies
To be able to stand on ones feet
But the focus is accompanied
With the question of peer pressure
Yet brimming with hope
One advances in life
And accomplishes the goal

As a youth
One strikes a balance
Between personal and professional life
At this stage
One is clouded with the question of marriage
Yet brimming with hope
One advances in life
And ties the knot

At middle age
One struggles to raise the family
And is disrupted by the question
Of insecurity at old age
Yet brimming with hope
One advances in life

At old age
One thinks of the bitter
Truth of life—death
And dreads it
Yet brimming with hope
To be reborn as a human again
One embraces death.

Cowardice Life

Clouds of barbarism hover over them
Piloting their lives on fallacy
They have taken
On the flight of terrorism
Cuddling ignobility
Loosing the sight of humanity

They failed to fathom their mission
For being born as a human
Instead their existence
Is delineated
With stains of blood
What pitiful life! What cowardice life!

Undiluted Love

Oh Friend, I bow at your loyalty
Oblivious of the fame and status
You shower earnest and unconditional love
With a meager desire
To be patted and ruffled in anticipation

You are incapable of advising me
Yet patiently you listen to my woe
Sitting beside me
Your altruistic nature is adorable
For you smile when I’m happy
And shed tears
In my hour of grief

You protect my castle of peace
Without relaxing your vigilance
Even the slightest
Day in and day out
Oh! My canine comrade
Your friendship is truly sublime!