Be You A Lion And Roar Poem by Ramesh Joshi

BE YOU A LION AND ROAR.

Why vilest thy time in vain gain leading
To loss, that never returns in life again?
Eating and drinking and sleeping again alo!
Shortening thy life, already short, unspecified?

Morning and evening, light and darkness remind
You cutting u short in the spelling of life forcing
You to the edge that, all fear not to tread, forced
At last to the solitary journey unheard acertain.


Life in this world as human, is rare gift by chance
Superior in hierarchy in Nature's magnificent make.
That bestows thee with opulent grace understanding
Right from wrong, from good to bad, path to traverse.


You have glory of spirit divine, but suppressed within,
In the dark veil of ignorance, lion sunk in sheep apparel
Bleating instead of roaring manliness that perfect thou
Art, by nature; a wealthy king within, a crying beggar without.


"Na ayam Aatmaa Balaheenena labhyaha, " uttisthata, jaagrata,
Praapya varaan nibhodata, " the weak (minded) have no access
To realisation of true nature of soul divine; awake, arise and stop
Not till(your) goal is reached, the echoing voice within and without.