If life was gentle and sweet, <br />I would have cradled it in my arms, <br />Alas it is bitter and a beat, <br />It is a path, full of deceit, <br />And at the end I get no receipt! !<br /><br />Reshma Ramesh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-life-was-2/