Sonnet: Life’s Realities

Realities of life are hard to take check, When sadness comes as their accompaniment; Sometimes, they seem to catch our very neck, Defying balms and soothening liniment. No wine or drugs or women can free you, From life’s realities you encounter; No thinking hard can give solutions too; Problems will come just like a game-hunter. No hiding helps in burrows like rodents; By climbing trees, you can’t escape for long; And dangerous is residing inside tents; Some day, you’ll hear quite loud the mighty gong! Realities are to be faced outright; Prefer always the day, never the night. 6-9-2001