We always want to be in another’s shoes
We love to crib and advertise our woes
To every solution we have problems no clues
We won’t pay up till the other pays his dues
Pages and pages are filled with vision astute
Each seer gives a lecture on positive attitude
He doesn’t have to follow the shallow feud
He has enough bank balance to be outright rude
We listen we learn and then promptly forget
Like the stranger on the local train we just met
Fake friendships, little empathy and no regret
We continue on course the goal is set.
Life goes on and sometimes we don’t
Angry over unfulfilled needs and want
Our dreams and desires continue to haunt
Let past be passé? Move on we won’t
If only we would adjust with times
If only we could relearn nursery rhymes
Revisit the innocence of childhood chimes
What would descend upon us is a calm sublime
Want is so often the bane
To crib and cry and constantly complain
Can only make us a little more vain
Even as you continue to pretend and feign.
Learn to keep your patience and endure
It is what will reward in the long run for sure
So what if laid-back power and ego lure
The mind must be clear, the soul pure
We don’t have to bow down to misconceived elation
We cannot allow sheer superficial false allegations
Smoothened by the veneers of social obligations
Over achieving never pleasing rising expectations
If it’s all about your emotions and giving vent
Perhaps you should employ a shoulder on rent
An ear which will hear all your ravings meant
And give back what you acquired, borrowed or lent.
To complain takes a weight off your back
It makes you feel good yet you lack
The ability to sort your brain and rack
And learn to be calm and composed under attack
Sheer truth of life!!!