What Is This Life? * Poem by C. P. Sharma
What Is This Life? *
A walking shadow?
A poor player?
A stage for drama?
Full of strife?
A tale told by an idiot?
Sound and fury signifying nothing?
Full of fails?
Lotus eater?
Penelope's web?
Maya's lab?
Coffee spoons?
Aflatoooons?
Sin against sinning?
A steady revenge?
Unconquerable will?
A nine days fall?
A life on thorns?
Full of mourns?
A dream within a dream?
A bubble on the foam?
A mid-summer madness?
A general drama of pain?
Musical Chairs?
Unmatched pairs?
A split asunder?
A nine days wonder?
A sweet, sweet rose?
Love's music feast?
A perpetual prayer?
A soft sooth-sayer?
A Garden of Eden?
Bliss and happiness?
Eat, drink and be merry?
A creation of brain?
A journey by train?
A living beings' chain?
A soft murmur answers:
Matter is the body,
Energy is the soul;
These two together,
Make it roll.
Stream of consciousness,
Perpetually flows;
Scattering unbeholden,
Its multiple hues.
At its bottom,
All's calm and composed;
The tormented surface,
Is deep equipoised.
The joys and sorrows,
Can reconcile;
If we can subdue,
Split ego's profile.
We suffer in body,
Not in soul;
The body decays,
Eternal is the soul.
'Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul'*
* Many of the questions about life have been borrowed from the great literary works.
Our life is what we make of it. I believe I am the Self seated in the hearts of all beings. And yes your right the rest is just a play. I love your poetry because it does what poetry should do inspire and raise questions. Bob
What a fantastic literary gimmic you have displayed to show the meaning of life. My friend, it is one of the fine poems I have read here.
We suffer in body, Not in soul; The body decays, Eternal is the soul. Rachel Ann Butler
a very insightful write; dust to dust was not spoken of the soul. you have raised valid questions which have provoked wise for centuries, and given clues for finding happiness within, by overcoming ego.10+++ Mamta
A fantastic collation of life's questions.............sigh! ! ! ! ! ! ! life is truly mysterious yet magnanimous.............10+++
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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The uniquity of this piece, is also its charm & amplifies its' erudite tone...C.P, you do possess the God-Kissed gift of the Silent Word, my friend! ~ FjR ~ ..2008..