A Thought for the Day.



Prices go up
Our life goes down.
Salaries go up
But our hearts go down.

Lifestyle has gone up
But our moral side has gone down.
Hatred is on the increase
Kindness is on the decrease.

Thus, we cruise along,
We are searching for a shore.
We hope to be good
But do not open our account.

Where is our ancient torch?
Where is our sincere approach?
Where is our enlightened search?
Where is our world beyond definitions?

It was here,
It was with us.
On our sojourn
We lost it and now mourn.

In place of that torch
We have now a sharpened sword.
In place of that spirited world,
We have a sharpened word.

In the place of the heart
We move as a brute.
In the place of a lighted inn
We create a world of sin.

The cross is not our path,
The Koran is not our faith.
Nor the ancient lores our spirit
And we fall into a pit.

With a widening vision
With a marked mission
We can reach our inns
We can get beyond our sins.
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With a widening vision With a marked mission We can reach our inns We can get beyond our sins.

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Written on February 24, 2010

Submitted by ravi_panamanna on January 01, 2024

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Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5

Ravi Panamanna

My actual name is Subramanian A. I am a retired official of the State Bank of India. Settled in Palakkad, Kerala, India. My literary awards include The Barath Award for Literature (best story), and the Poiesis Awards both in Poetry and short story, all conducted jointly by Xpress publications.com. My interests cover photography, philosophy, and science. Google search under Ravi Panamanna would take the searcher to my various links. more…

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