Don'ts in life - a poem

You don't want to watch laws being created,
sausages being packed and a house constructed.
You don't want to watch a baby being born.
So, you don't want to disturb me while I am working.

A poem by Bhartrhari

You can catch a tiger running in a forest.
You can catch a bird flying in the sky.
You can catch a fish darting through a river,
but you cannot catch a woman's drift.

Some goal

The vehicle I am riding to reach the goal I have chosen in this life, has only one seat. It's so unfortunate that I can not accommodate you on this journey. Pity I don't have a choice in this matter, honey. As a Hindi song goes, I know how you feel: "I'm forgoing my promise to you for the sake of a promise I've made to myself."

But don't lose heart, my dear. There is always hope, however temporary, however fleeting, however unfulfilled and however intangible. Let's enjoy this moment together as long as we are with each other. Let's revel in this world where even gods grow jealous of us, for, as Achilles in Troy says, "Gods envy us because we're mortals. Any moment might be our last. We will not be here again." I have received blissful love from your heart in the purest form and my soul will be grateful for the entirety of it's wretched and lonely existence. I can never forget you. I do not want to let go of you. I know that I am forgetting how your beautiful face looks like, but I can not lose the feelings I had felt in your company. I am so thankful for those serendipitous events that brought us together, and those moments that kept us together. I am so thankful that I got to experience your companionship.

The monologue written above can be appropriate in two different contexts: romantic and spiritual. I don't think I need to explain the former, for it's easily understood. The latter context needs a little deeper diving into the meaning of the phrase 'I am that (Nisargadutta)', which I suppose not everyone can normally understand, unless they've got true leadership qualities in themselves.

Trapped

The world is a jailhouse,
the body a jail cell.
Trapped you are till you die
nought can you do but dwell.

Trust whom?

Trust not one that makes
a generalization from his condition.
Bow to one that cures
his condition with a generalization.

A fact is a fact

A fact, interpreted logically,
will lead to another fact.
A fact, interpreted emotionally,
may lead to a falsehood.

Giant shoulders

Stand on them
you are at an advantage.
Tread on them
killed you are in a rampage.

For her

When she is in a slump,
I want to be there.
When she is happy,
there I am to share.

One of the LiFes

Life is juggling two balls: Freedom and responsibility. The former is a golf ball, the latter a football.

Number judgment

Judge not his knowledge by age,
when we know there are old dolts
and we know there are twit tots.