There Is a U Turn

Life is smooth-life is rude, He stands today where yesterday you stood, What is your today-will not be yours, Successes are diseases-failures are the cures! You were not as this when you were in foetus, The buds give rise and slowly blooms the lotus, And slowly you grew-you were born as an infant, And again you grew-the lotus spread its scent! Now you were a kid full of joy and life, Everything was a game to you-you’re so innocent, And slowly you matured-you owned responsibilities and a wife, And at every step you changed-be it the kid or the infant! Yesterday you looked up to your father, now you were one too, Icy fangs blow during the winters but summers kiss the Loo, He who was once a kid-now himself has a kid, For every change in life yourself you sow the seed! Now you seem to understand what you never paid heed to, You start believing that the Bible and Kuran are really true, And the second childishness returns when you grow old, The amazing turn of fate-your kid will now be strong and bold, And gradually the lotus will rise and fall again, There will again be winter, summer and the rain! So a keen observer wishes you to learn, At every step our lives take a u turn, For human life is an oblivious compact of stairs, Where ‘all men and women merely players’, The truth’ll never be known-hidden beneath the layers! And every day you live-you’re drilling into the reality, Slowly you’re getting closer but in the end you’ll see, There is no truth-no reality-life itself is a lie, You pass into nothingness-out of the cage, the bird’ll fly!!