I STOPPED AND I LOOKED BACK

I met a man today while going about my own way

He said he knew the way to nirvana

And he was sure I wanted to head that way

Say what?

I quickly said

Yeah man you look sad and

I know how to cure dejection and dismay

He was a kind sort

And not too friendly or imposing

I listened intently

And wondered what was his hidden meaning

He said it’s over there

That is where nirvana must be

Why?

I asked hurriedly

It’s there as it is ahead of you

And a place where I feel the

Past won’t find you

But I am not lost I said

Then why the tears as

You scurry away

Life is full of weights

That pull me down

I said

I cry because I was feeling alone

And tears help to soothe my cares away

No one to share your load with he asked

Yeah I said but I carry my own burden

For it is only right

No one need to now I’m taking a flight

Come with me he coaxingly said

Where to sir I wearisomely asked

I wish to show you how far you have come

See all that in the distance?

Is it not a long way?

I won’t look I said for that route is already long done

Why rehash memories that

Made me start to run

As he turned me to see my past

I wept and was slowly set free

As the worries I carried drained out of me

I had come far and only now I know

I hurried through life

As it was so unpleasantly so

As I am forced to stop

And unwillingly look back

I now know

I wasn’t slowly dying

But I was unwillingly living

I did a lot and I did some well

I thank god and that old man

For showing me

Life is what I lived and

It wasn’t all a bitter pill