Life, they say, if full of wonder; <br />Mine is full of storm and thunder. <br /> <br />Life, they say, is a tuneful song; <br />Shrieks discordant mine do throng. <br /> <br />Life, they say, with honey drips; <br />Mine, my tears is made to sip. <br /> <br />Life, they say, in nectar wades; <br />Sunk in poison mine is laid. <br /> <br />Life, they say, is heavenly bliss; <br />Mine is mobbed by snakes that hiss. <br /> <br />Life, they say, is paeans' surge; <br />Mine is but a woeful dirge.<br /><br />Dr. Tulsi Hanumanthu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-pessimist-s-lament/
