Life, a journey, a saga, and all the fuss <br />Of spotlight hogger's and the anonymous <br />Masters and puppets, tortoises and rabbits <br />People driven by wants and habits <br /> <br />Sweet thorns and dangerous flowers <br />The agonizingly slow seconds and fast paced hours <br /> <br />Unbelievable adventurous path <br />Few taking the walk, living it <br />Others spending time doing all the math <br /> <br />Some will's some wont's <br />Arguing the do's and dont's <br />Shying away when times call <br />All but speculating rise and fall <br /> <br />To say nothing exists without its opposite <br />Good and bad, traditional or fad <br />Have you taken a dip in tranquil pool <br />Are you sane enough to call others mad <br /> <br />Destiny, fate, chance or choice <br />Listening or ignoring the inner voice <br /> <br />Careless whispers, raves and rants <br />The hidden agendas, a knowing glance <br />A friends betrayal, a foe's dance <br /> <br />Crayons, tree houses, kite flying and puddles <br />Reminiscing blissful past, entangled in present hurdles <br />Amazing paradoxes, shifting paradigms of thoughts, <br />Parallel truths, and the lucrative lies bought <br /> <br />While most will forever be solving <br />All the how's, what's and when's <br />The ebb and flow of life will go on <br />With all its odds and even's <br /> <br />A path, a dance, an eternal hum or song <br />Will you be lost in the past or <br />There in the moments, in the chimes of life <br />Contented when the death rings its final Gong<br /><br />Soma Mukherjee<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/of-chimes-and-a-gong/
