::- Paradox -::

Listening to the sermans, and songs
With deeper meanings,
And reading the novels, plays, and poems
With bigger teachings,
You find yourself one step ahead in the race
In the understanding of life.

You move on the roads,
Fearless and free,
Untouched of human trifles,
Smiling at sad people,
For they do not know
How easy is life,
And how to be happy,you think.

Don't claim please,
That you have spent your time
Among people of distant places,
Of diffrent castes and classes,
Among rich and poor,
And of diffrent ages;
Children and aged ones,
Among those speaking diffrent tongues.

Why? You ask me,
Because then comes the day,
When all your understanding
Is washed away,
And all you are left away with
Is a big surprise.
Then, perhaps then,
You'll understand that
Life is but a mystery,
And in trying to understand it
You've wasted your time.

By-Vinod