Life

Life, one wonder's

when you are born

life starts

its your life

with you

having no say

over it

at start

everyone has a

clean slate

then what happen's

We grow up

we are small

like the new year

Every year

like January,

Loved by all

celebrated by all

hopes, dreams

pinned on us

but no pressure

then we

start growing up

going school

we learn things

we learn to disobey

we learn to hate

we learn success

&

failure

we learn prize

prize that comes with

success

&

price

price that we pay for

failure

Love it was

to be loved

but no more

we are to succeed

to be loved

to celebrate

we need to win

it's not the same

not the same anymore

It's already March

One quarter of life is over

World is cunning

ruthless

we realize

as college goes going

our friends

our most fierce competitors

are all the same

there's no difference

who's who

&

who's not who

all are of same caliber

it's either I

either you

or some body else

so why not me

for this Question

for the want

of that person

to be me

for not want

of things to go

Wrong

we do Wrong

to win

we do wrong

we win

we get loved

& love happens

we are out of college

doing jobs

working

for someone else

to be on

good side

of bad side

so that we earn

earn good money

so that we can marry

we get married

&

then

responsibilities happen

we are through

half the life

July, is here

babies are born

you end up

supporting

the other lives

which are part of yours

the good part

&

for the

first time

very first time

you think of chucking

chucking the wrong way

for that new life

to be a role model to it

&

realize

there is whole new thing

new thing

called responsibilities

for it

you dig harder

deeper

deeper into dirt

you get your slate dirtier

&

Dirtier

for that close night

with your wife

for that tab

on your child's head

for that feeling of

being loved

&

life goes on

&

on

&

then

time comes

come's the time

we realize

our slate is no more clean

we know it

but world doesn't

why should it?

but it wants too

things start to go wrong

skeletons

long lost

start falling out

people learn

&

then

life is on to you

your past is in open

naked and facing you

your dirty secret is out

&

your loved ones

are last to know

&

Shocked

they deny

&

live in denial

&

then

just lose trust

trust in you

for them

you turn

from Angel to demon

in flash of a news

aptly titled

The Breaking News

breaking all your bonds

by now

your son knows

for you are

at end

of the

Third Quarter

And he is in his second

he knows

&

stays put

you know

why he is there

besides you

&

your wife

He is there

for he knows

you have to

get hands dirty

to be in your position

your wife

for she still loves you

she knows

why you did it all

Then you realize

the real realization happens

you dint need to get dirty

you dint need to earn that much

you dint need to succeed

you were always loved

by people whom you love

of whom you cared

&

then

guilt sets in

then starts philanthropy

then you understand

why one should give

give more

than take

its in the last Quarter

the last bits of your

life

&

for the first time

in your life

you are not

Lost

you dont feel

betrayal

but trusted

but finally

arrived

fulfilled

you retire

play with your

Grandchildren

Get back to life

the way

it should have been

the way you were born

having fun

all the way

the last January

your childhood,

but its December

you are old

&

sooner

than

latter

your year is going

to end

it will be time to go

you know i

you thank god

for it

the life you have had

what one need's

is

what one already has

in your own backyard

&

the forth Quarter

is over

One life has been

Lived

&

One life has

Ended

But Life in itself

has continued

people around

that life

still live on their's

giving rise to new

&

the great saga

continues

As we pass

the Quarters

we see things happening

as they used to

with us

the way we lived them

to our neighbors

to our teachers

to our parents

we see

our children do

so the saying goes

"The more things

change,

the more they

remain same"

Still we let them

happen

for its not in our hands

we are helpless

blinded by success

for its their life

&

it's them

who have to make it

the journey

is of their choice

as it continues.............