(dedicated to Mr. Robert Howard, a great artist and poet friend at poemhunter) <br /> <br />Whatever I do <br />I must choose <br />That or this <br />I can’t do two <br />Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy <br />Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde <br /> <br />Wherever I go <br />I mustn’t return <br />Above sky or below ground <br />I may shake my elbow <br />Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy <br />Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess <br /> <br />Whoever I praise <br />I fully do it <br />Good or bad <br />It will cost high price <br />Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy <br />Verdi’s La Forza del Destino <br /> <br />Whenever I progress <br />There is no clue <br />It’s up to you <br />I feel we’re waves <br />Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy <br />Debussy’s Pelleas et Melisande <br /> <br />However I try hard <br />Not to disappoint God <br />Maybe I’m not satisfied <br />But at least I do for my pride <br />Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy <br />Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov <br /> <br />Forever I yearn <br />Fortune that I earn <br />Still can’t compare <br />Love that you share <br />Let’s hear, watch, and enjoy <br />Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas <br /> <br />(inspired by Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture)<br /><br />Ahmad Shiddiqi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-lesson-of-life-fate/
