Life Cycle
Early morning I have to wake up and catch the train.
Distance long and crowd among, early start the only way
Mortgaged soul, lend heart and invested brain
Up to this journey what I've lost and what is gain
Calculated not what I posses and what to pay
Mortgaged soul, lend heart and invested brain
Daily spin the words, infertile ideas I toil to explain
They call me *babu, office assistant you better say
Early morning I have to wake up and catch the train.
Contrary policies and balance to maintain
Malice, greed, pride sharp word spikes and I’m the prey
Mortgaged soul, lend heart and invested brain
You know the story of rabbit visiting lion’s den
Heap of bones, going in foot prints no signs out way
Early morning I have to wake up and catch the train.
Call it cycle of life or the destruction chain
Earning sources, Means of livelihood taking lives away
Early morning I have to wake up and catch the train.
Mortgaged soul, lend heart and invested brain
First time exprimenting with Villanelle poetic form. comments are welcome!
babu is a common word for office clerk in India
Copyright © Neelam Sangwai | Year Posted 2014
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