(How the very existence as a human being throws us into a turmoil to fight the greatest inner war that man has been fighting ever since birth. How nothing is wrong or right but the personal quest to obtain the gift of life draws our strength to almost the breaking point to fight those immortal entities that we ourselves used as stepping stones in the first place. How no loss, no win is permanent as little battles are encountered every day and what is expected of us is not to set our sights for the end but to keep on trying until the end…….)
You are fighting a losing battle they say
Oh you could never win this way
Join us they confidently exclaim
This common cult, they ask me to proclaim
We are the ones to whom you belong
We are the ones who will be there lifelong
Join us and let us all be one
Join us till the work is done
I try to hide and let them pass
I bide my time to run away
‘coz once I get entangled in their clutches
I will never be able to leave this way
I have to survive and have to thrive
As I fight & fight with all my might
As I realize I am not just fighting for my own self
But for the basic human right
At times when my energy is low
I move unsure-ly to their side
Until I get the strength to put myself back on
Until by my promises can I abide
I fight to keep my identity intact
I fight to be who I am
I fight till I get forlorn and weak
I keep fighting till the day end
They are the ones who plant obstacles in my path
And pull me down as I climb higher
They are the shadows the block my success
And against my happiness do they conspire
They remind me of the five fingers on my hand
They are greed, lust, money, fame & power
They follow me silently & test my tolerance
To see where I falter in the need of hour
Although the five are a part of everyone’s life
We struggle to keep them in check
And let them grow strong to rule us so
And unintentionally throw our life in a wreck
They lure us in their web of deceit
They entice us in their dirty dance
They grow to a point when they consume us all
And we keep doing things in a trance
We forget we are their masters
And lose the control
And let them turn us into slaves
And forget our role
But some time some day some one like me
Decides to end it for once and for all
And gear up to fight against them so
Before I know my downfall
‘coz I know that time is scarce
It will take a lot of effort for me to outlast
And not fall in the trap that every man falls in
To not lose hope & sink into din
The “greed” reminds me of things I want
The past demons that come and haunt
Show me what I am about to lose
As the craving comes to taunt
The “lust” looks me directly in the eye
True feelings in me continue to die
Dares me to rise against it so
To end its reign and let true love flow
The “money” proves as the shrewd dictator
As it is a part & parcel of every life
You never know when it grows into you
And consumes you from the inside
The “fame” is a fickle friend
It carries you up to the top
And its the one that pushes you down
Till your glory comes to a stop
The “power” is unsteady until the end
And when more, corrupts to distend
As it kills the heart & takes over the mind
The power of a power one of its kind
And although these five are essential in life
They are the ones that drag us into strife
No sooner than are we old enough to defend
Each portion of life we begin to amend
The untarnished innocence we had as a child
The running carefree in the wild
Those little things that we thought as great
Have gone from being strong to mild
And one day the truth dawns upon us
How each man must fight his fight
Survival of the fittest they say
A dark age without any light
And with this in mind, I stand up to rise
With past experiences that have made me wise
With the knowledge that its not that I’ll die when the battle looms ahead
But its when I stop “trying” that I will wind up as dead …….
Sonalism- It's different 