A LOOK AT LIFE-110

A LOOK AT LIFE-110

BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

THE HELPLESS CHILD

Standing on earth

Looking at the blue sky

Pondering over the mystery 

And seeking an answer 

In wisdom and knowledge 

Science and metaphysics 

I tried to fathom 

And go deep into the big void 

That surrounds each.

Standing on the seashore 

Looking at the waves

I tried to measure the depth of the ocean 

Its length and breadth 

In a moonlit night

Standing on the terrace 

I tried to count the innumerable stars

Twinkling in the cloudless sky

Sitting silently within the four walls

I listened to the voice of nature

Cyclones, earthquakes and tsunami 

Silence, flood, droughts and famine 

Only to see how vulnerable life is

In the vastness of the 

Ever-expanding universe 

I tried to find myself, 

my ego and possession 

Only to find me, my existence 

And identity nowhere

With my limited mind and intellect 

I tried to go beneath the cosmic drama 

To know its real purpose 

Only to find myself lost and drowned 

To trace me

I miserably failed 

My existence is not even like a dot

on the big canvas, the cosmic universe.

I exist to the point of non-existence 

And that is the reality 

I do not want to accept

A question arises in my mind

When I do not exist

Why so much of hatred and jealousy

Parade of ego and vanity 

Leg pulling, backbiting and heart burning

Are these part of the drama

Or my own doing