LET'S FACE IT! <br /> <br />There are faces that attract us, <br />There are faces which repel! <br />While some faces keep haunting us, <br />And some get entangled with our fate! <br />But there are many others which we <br />come across, <br />Only to forget! <br />Fair face of Helen had launched a <br />thousand ships, <br />And burnt the topless towers of Ilium, <br />With Troy's sacking and defeat! <br />But the dual faces of Dr Jekyall <br />and Mr Hyde, are the ones, <br />Which are always difficult to discern! <br />But the face we all love the best, <br />Is the one we ourself possess! <br />Like Narcissus we fall in love with our <br />reflected visage! <br />Yet the face with which we are born, <br />And the one with which we die, - <br />Are generally not the same! <br />And should you ask me why? - <br />Well, only ageing doesn't have all the <br />say! <br />Our inner thoughts, actions and deeds, <br />Chisels and shapes the face we gradually <br />put on! <br />But for some it becomes an added mask, - <br />Deciphering which becomes an onerous <br />task! <br />So let us with right thoughts and deeds, <br />Earn His blessings and bountiful grace; <br />So that in this God given life, <br />We never suffer any loss of face! <br /> <br /> - Raj Nandy <br /> New Delhi <br /> 27 Apr 08<br /><br />RAJ NANDY<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/let-s-face-it/
