Affairs Poem by Hans Raj Sharma

While
Running
On aphorism
Of survival
Safety and honour
Well-being
Of family
The smallest unit
Striving for
Always
A priority first.

While
Encountering
Comes across
The highest
Only value
Swaying utmost
The money
And money alone
Without which
Entry or exit
Quite so hard
Tough and tuff
Stiffing-
To switch from
And switch to
The civil way
Way of living.

While
Watching
Day off
And day on
Relations
So profound
And warm
Making in
Breaking off
Out of fascination
And distaste.

While
Taking
Steps so extreme
With an in flow
And out flow
Of emotions
Becoming
Hot and cold
At the mildest gust
Of unpleasant wind
For not mixing
Passion with ethics
Ensuing
A gulf of despair
At the bottom
Bottom of hearts.

While
Belief and trust
Simultaneously
In cases certain
Remaking
Pits bottomless
An endless
Source of love
And kindness
Bouncing
Back from the lowest
To the loftiest
Through
Suppleness and grit.

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Ludhiana, Punjab, India.