Who wants to stew in his own juice,
Who wants to live life by a ruse,
Who wants in misery to wallow,
Who wants his life to be barren and fallow,
Who wants his conscience to rust,
Who wants his moral sense to go bust?
Who wants to live a life of lies
Even when the truth in their face flies?
Who wants to trudge through life with a leaden weight,
Who wants a burdened conscience to distort his gait?
Why do we then we go through all that we don’t want,
Why do we thorns in the garden of our life plant?
Is it of the all pervasive ‘ maaya’ the insidious working
Or is it that we are always our human responsibility shirking?
Is it because sense we lack
Or because life has to us on our head whack?
As we see our life away from us fly,
The answers to these questions are so hard to come by!
Arun Bhagat
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Just superb 👌 👏 👍
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Thank you very much, Neha Ji! Plant roses in the garden of your life and stay blessed.
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Nice poetry sir👌
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Thanks a lot, Priya dear! Happy to see that you have taken time out of your busy schedule to read and appreciate the poem! Stay blessed.
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Very nice sir…
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Thank you very much, Sonia Ji! God bless you!
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Great poetry sir❤️
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Thanks a lot for responding so positively, Sahil dear! Happy that you enjoyed reading the poem! Stay blessed.
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True lines sir 👍. We are totally responsible for these things in our life.
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So we are, dear, and we must learn to take responsibility for what we do in life regardless of the workings of destiny and that of maaya that many of us believe in. Thanks for responding, dear! Stay blessed.
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True lines sir👍. We are totally responsible for these things in our life.
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Well said Professor Saheb. It all depends upon us – whether we make our life heaven or hell. If we are conscious at all times that we shall reap what we sow, why would we sow thorns for ourselves?
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The key is having the right kind of consciousness. Your observations are pat on, brother! Thanks for responding! Stay blessed.
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