I know not where life takes this soul called “me”
Maybe to a world, where at every step, there is tribulation
I hope I can be wary at every second in history
For yours truly to savour life without any guilty notion

Sometimes I think I never will come back
From the depths of guilt and heart-wrenching sorrow
And other times, I vow never to look back
So that I can work solely for a better tomorrow

My mind is confused, often blank
About the places to go to, and the things to be done
But living life is like walking on a pirate ship’s plank
I have to know your strengths, or I’m gone

There are two people, in spite of perceived eccentricities
Who, in supporting me in life, are just
I wish for my fate to not cause any more oddities
I wish for myself to not break their trust

And then there comes another lovely being
Who comes to me and stands by me
She loves me in spite of everything
And I wish, in future, to live with her happily

So many dreams, so many ambitions
But what good is all of it without any aim?
Time will patiently go through all its motions
And it will reduce life to a cruel game

I don’t want to lose them, they are my life
They perpetually wish the best for me
I wish, in my fate and mind, there was no such strife
So that I could make my family proud of me

I still don’t know where life takes “me”
I hope it brings, to my life, success
Peace, happiness and prosperity
It would definitely be better than life’s depressing abyss

RONY PATRA

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