Ego

Must we ponder
ever shall we wonder,
equations of semblance
bearing absolutely no resemblance,
to the truths eternal
for lies that were told
for the lies that were sold.!
Hierarchy of castles,
castles built in air,
dreamt of in dreams
bursting with wealth at the seams,
all but a mirage
vanishing away with graying old age.!

Clinging to annoitments
embracing title after title,
yearning for glory
all as glass, just as brittle,
bracing for the long march
while forgetting the first steps,
left behind are the worthy ones
must we not tread in their forgotten footsteps.!

The wind, the breeze, the sun
bathe us, our skin, our minds
day after day, night after night
lest we forget the ethereal permanence
lest we forget our own bloody impermanence,
petty battles and mere trifles
of storms in tea-cups,
immortality was not ours to keep
to think such, meant to be in a muddle very deep,
when time itself flies, for it is short lived
who are we in our trivialities to be long lived.!

Ego, Ego, Ego
Here We Go,
To Where must We Go,
To be Gone must be So,
To be damned must be a No No,
We trust & Mistrust as all Do,
And Yet We Hope, 
in Every Friend or Foe,
Salvation at Hand, it seems So

For the Rich, For the Poor,
For Every one and No one,
For High, For Low,
the Seeds that We sow,
We shall only reap what we sow,
For all else was not ours to begin with
We only yearned and yearned,
Never did we really earn..!

To renounce
must we really announce,
to all, to the World
To renounce
We must only Pronounce,
Those words, that shall absolve us of Ego
That I, That We, are no more important than sand weighing a mere Ounce.!





© Dr S. N. Bhagirath (2015)