locked my house,
hoping to secure my kin
peace i found,
lay in distributing the key
crawled every book,
hoping to capture the knowledge
wisdom i found,
evaded the syllabus of university
conflicted with peers,
hoping to establish notion of liberty
independence i found,
emanated from the ability to agree
accumulated wealth,
hoping to help the unprivileged
charity i found,
invariably comes without a fee
worshiped perfection,
hoping to build a legacy
change i found,
never did care for pedigree
roamed across the world,
hoping to understand life
only meaning i found,
was more about me
swam up the current,
hoping to catch the wave
the river i found,
was running into the sea
climbed higher and higher,
hoping to pluck the best fruit
the solace i found,
was resting under the tree
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
- Aristotle
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English Poetry
Its too good.
My personl favourite line in the poem
"worshiped perfection,
hoping to build a legacy"
Profound meaning! Loved it.
Looking for originality, your poetry I found..
life's simple lessons are within us. great poem!
The contrast of running after things and actually getting them. Often we find that our race leads nowhere and we are back to the basics. A beautiful poem of showing how the process of life is. Loved the verse where you talked about knowing yourself. And many congratulations on the book.
good one..:-)
loved this...!
Very inspiring!! Lovely lessons of life!
Nice..:)
Hi Deepak. I loved this poem & I am sure I will return to read this one. My favourite is
swam up the current,
hoping to catch the wave
the river i found,
was running into the sea
Nimi
Very nice lines Deepak, clearly reflects the present day life of a youth and his attempts to achieve something by struggling with the situations. The theme of this poem is excellent
omg..! that was superb.