O Soul! Sow never any seeds of attachment <br />Reaping the fruits of dismay looms large <br />Restrict your desires for objects of no-life <br />For they can't deceit you with acts of detachment <br /> <br />Grow not your fantasies around the people you like <br />That makes you live for ever in a Fool's paradise <br />Sincere may be your expectations from the beloved <br />Contempt is the reward awarded for your concern <br /> <br />Cynical you are overwhelmed by emotions <br />Clinical are people in keeping you at bay <br />Fondness of your roaming through memory lanes <br />Earns you the name of eccentric for being non-realistic <br /> <br />Restrain the heart from craving for others! <br />Motives attributed for no fault of yours <br />Bid a farewell to your emotional bondage <br />To confront the coming times with wretches of solitude <br /> <br />This world you came with no mission specified <br />Nothing you achieved to boast of anything <br />Dumb you remained when darkness descended <br />Helpless you are as your dreams stand shattered <br /> <br />Eluded by Luck and ignored by all <br />Stung by failures and surrounded by hardships <br />Belated attempts with negated results <br />Prompting to choose a life of seclusion <br />No tears from others when your exit is forever <br />. <br />O Soul! Sow never any seeds of attachment<br /><br />Somanathan Iyer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-solitary-soul/
