Swift And Still Adrift

Happy or sad, long be this life's journey, And heavily loaded need one scurry, Only he succeeds who's slow and steady, He stumbles who's in too much of hurry, An old Buddhist wisdom as aptly said. Be steady and firm like a mountain wall, Deep ocean-like, mild like moon's silver ray, Echoed Jain thought. It matters not at all How slow ye walk, long as ye walk the way, Confucius came later to mankind's aid, In a hurry man may well go astray, Slow down as if a stone, reach there un-sped. Let all this wisdom be against the swift, The world races still O to get adrift. ______________________________________________________ Today's world seems in frantic hurry to change despite spiritual wisdom vouching otherwise. There's rat race in every field. See, how while driving, all we want is to push ahead of others; how we rush breaking the queue the moment lift arrives; how we rush to alight trains andbusses. ______________________________________________________ Sonnets | 01.12.11 |