I Walked Along The Path Called Life Poem by Deepak Hariharan

I WALKED ALONG THE PATH CALLED LIFE,
AND WITH A PUFF FORGOT ALL THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF LIFE

I REACHED A STAGE WHERE I DID NOT HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR FOES,
AND THUS I GOT RID OFF ALL LIFE'S WOES

I REACHED A STAGE WHERE I DID NOT HAVE ANY HAPPINESS OR SORROWS,
AND HENCE I FORGOT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TODAYS AND TOMORROWS

I REACHED A STAGE WHERE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAPPINESS AND GRIEF,
WAS THERE BUT IT WAS VERY BRIEF

IT WAS WORTHLESS TO PONDER OVER MY SADNESS,
SO I BEGAN TO CELEBRATE MY SADNESS

I LEARNED FROM MY MISTAKES WHICH WERE BUT HUMAN,
AND THUS I BECAME A BETTER HUMAN

THE LITTLE THAT I GOT I OWED TO MY LUCK,
THE LITTLE THAT I DIDN'T GET I OWED TO MY LUCK

HAPPINESS AND WOES CAME AND WENT,
MANY PEOPLE CAME IN MY LIFE AND WENT

SOME STAYED FOR A FEW SEASONS,
OTHERS STAYED FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH REASONS

I LEARNED FROM THEN ON,
AND THE CARAVAN OF MY LIFE MOVED ON

THE BEAUTY OF LIFE IS THAT IT MOVES ON,
AND EVEN IN MY CASE IT MOVED ON

I CHANGED MYSELF ACCORDING TO EVERY SITUATION,
AND HENCE ADAPTED TO EVERY SITUATION

WHAT I LEARNED MADE THE WORLD MY OYSTER,
AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED MY FOES AND WOES OUSTER

I REACHED AN AGE AND STAGE,
WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY JEALOUSY OR RAGE

I WALKED ALONG THE PATH CALLED LIFE,
AND WITH A PUFF FORGOT ALL THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF LIFE