Life - 2 main aspects

The road of life

Uneven and vast

Upon which we walk

Unto the last

Is a well trodden path

Subject to many a whim

And what lies in front

Is mysterious and dim

There are many pitfalls

Lying in the way

Into which we fall

When led astray

Though some are led

By a beacon’s beam

Which ethereally

From far off gleams

In times of gloom

The horizon is dark

And none can hear

The song of the lark

No one is there

To pity our plight

Where shall we go?

Lead. Kindly light.

The gloom will be pierced

When we abandon grief

But until then

We dash on a reef

O! suffering

But thou art unkind

To thus affect

Our heart and our mind

The music of life

Again and again

Perfects itself

And strikes the chord of pain

And makes us dance

To the tune it plays

Inscrutable indeed

Are destiny’s ways

But  life is like

A see-saw too

And offers us

A double view

It has its ‘ups’

Along with the ‘downs’

It has its smiles

Along with the frowns

It offers us pleasure

On a golden platter

And can be heard

Amidst the noise and chatter

Though pleasure, we know

Is slippery as an eel

And only, transiently

Can we its presence feel

So life’s a balance

Between joy and sorrow

An intermediary

Between yesterday and tomorrow

It reveals its hue

According to the time and place

And tries to show us

What lies behind the haze

On the feathery wings

Of the fugacious time

Happily rides life

Amidst the dust and grime

A chapter closes

And another starts

As life, like a startled

Deer, ahead  quickly darts….