Wednesday 11 September 2024

Soup of Life

To realise what one wants from life
involves time and experiences;
But people always tell you
they know the right ingredients
that make happy, all and sundry.

But you exist in your boldest avatar
promising to yourself 
you will write the script 
of the life you want to live.
You jot down the list of items
needed to spice up your life
and tells the world
"this is the story I will live."

Life moves on,
years pass by. 
Others take over your days and ways
as you keep dreaming
that you are living your own story. 

More people make claims 
to your space and time.
The world tells you
you are one of the blessed lot
who has concocted the best life soup.
You feel proud and happy and what not.....!

One day, out of the blue
your inner core feels nauseated,
bitter and weird;
The script of life
which you claimed to be yours
frighten you with 
dark zones and scary pathways;

People label you thankless and crazy,
inebriated with your own successes,
blinded by the copious gifts
life has showered upon you. 
You are told not to be gluttonous 
as there are others who are broke,
those with a starving look
at the ingredients in your soup.
How lucky you are!!!

But, as you cringe in pain and disdain
at your own ingratitudes,
a feeble voice chants within you -
"You Fool! you are living the life
scripted by the world,
stealthily fed into your hubris,
as you were frolicking in the thickets of
unpruned greenery in search of 
obscure ingredients to turn your life
into an exotic cocktail of dreams and rainbows. 












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