And........

And pain to see,
And pain to feel,
And pain ill get
tommorrow.
And so many things
We blindly follow
And all we get is
sorrow.

And guilt we prize
And guilt we yearn
And guilt we beg
and borrow.
And cuts we get
And bleed we do
And bleed from our hearts
and marrow.

And bitterness we dwell on
And bitterness we share
And everything in silence
we swallow.
And unto others we preach
And to others we teach
And none that we preach
we follow.


And so easy to prod
And so flattering to laud
And yet difficult to see beyond
the halo.
And as darker it gets
And as the person forgets
For his promises are weak
and hollow.

And the storm you see
And its not only for thee
And if you differ the oceans are
shallow.
And a smaller being
Though largely unseen
Making its nest remote like
And thats more human, yet being
a sparrow.

You need not compress
Under force , duress
The magnanimity alone
Doesnt suffice the throne.
And life's major gallow
Would have always won
And god would have neglected
Not all, but none

And you'd never see
What i'd like us to be...

And yet, And yet......

-Apurv Rai