Experience Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

A better teacher than any a book
Experience gives life a sharper look,
But ere teaching it takes toughest of test,
That a lifetime's lessons follow in haste.
Take principles, precepts of the time past,
Of essence proven for life all along,
If man his life in right mould were to cast,
He seldom if ever would go wrong.
And yet, what price is this experience?
Wanting to buy it as if for a song,
Hurried souls would end up waiting too long,
Or ride a horse that at right time not runs.
But youth is not designed to go by book,
Untaught it tries new recipes to cook.
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And I am tempted to add this couplet:
As well, for, none can anything acquire
Without first passing through a self-lit fire!
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Sonnets | 02.03.04 |