What dies inside you while you live becomes a millstone around your neck,
It can the quality of your life really wreck!
Its dead weight can your boat sink,
So do not try to yourself hoodwink!
Nor should you cry over what is dead and gone,
It will not come back to life however much you plead and moan!
Salvage whatever of your conscience is left,
That is what will save you and give your life some meaning and heft!
Do not let insidious worldly temptations corrode your being,
But for that you have to open your inner eye and change your way of seeing!
That you do not barter your soul
Should be your sacred project and purpose whole!
Why not make it your mission to protect what is left of your core
Because there is nothing that can be precious more?
All the wealth in the world can be no match for your core,
The loss of which will leave you just empty and sore!
So with all your might for your essence fight
Because this is one fight that is honourable, just and right!
Arun Bhagat
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Site Title Poetry of the Soul 
Well and beautifully written sir..
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Thank you very much, Priya dear! Your kindness is gratifying!
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Beautiful & inspiring words that can enlighten one’s life!!!!
Just superb 👌
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Hope they enlighten my life as well! Aren’t we all in search of light? Thanks, nevertheless, for your inspirational feedback, Neha Ji!
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Beautiful poem sir!
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Thank you, Vijay Laxmi! You are generous!
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Well send sir🤗🤗👌👌
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You mean ‘said’, don’t you? Thanks for appreciating the poem, dear!
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Always something new and motivational!!!
In love with your poems☺️❤️
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Thank you very much, Archit dear, for the way you motivate me to write more and hopefully better! After all, good readers are a writer’s raison d’ tre!
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‘All the wealth in the world… ‘ that is really true Sir, inspirational poem Sir.
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Thank you very much, Snehlata Ji! What is life if not inspirational?
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Crucial fact highlighted very well, brother… Winning battles within, to keep one’s set of values intact despite the adverse impact of external factors, is a critical first step…
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So it is, brother! Keeping your core intact is always a challenge and will always be so. It all depends on your basic values, your level of awareness and above all God’s grace how successfully you can meet this challenge. Thanks for responding so beautifully and wisely, brother! Stay blessed.
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Well composed…sir
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Thank you very much, Sonia Ji! Stay blessed.
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