By the time we reach <br />The stage to ask this question <br />We have passed a few years on earth: <br />We have studied, acquired some skills, <br />Landed some employment, and married <br />And are steaming along the way, <br />Getting higher bands in career <br />Producing children at home. <br /> <br />When the question arises in 40s <br />Wife consoles, diplomatically reminding <br />You have to get your daughter <br />Married, and build your own house, <br />Neighbours and colleagues say <br />That you are yet to reach the top <br />Become the CEO, or get pension. <br /> <br /> <br />Later interested in philosophy, <br />And yoga and meditation, <br />One watches one’s breath, <br />Goes inward and start visiting temples: <br />If not proceed to Igatpuri <br />To learn vipassna, <br />In any case quoting <br />Sacred texts unctuously. <br /> <br />Then one realizes <br />That it is still a journey <br />To where one doesn’t know <br />Physical death being only certainty. <br /> <br />Is this the objective, <br />Is it what we came for? <br />Or, having been born, <br />We are throwing up options <br />To satisfy ourselves in this game, <br />All answers being irrelevant!<br /><br />Daniel Trevelyn Joseph<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-do-we-live-for/
