THE TEMPTATIONS

Same, the very same illusions

Yes, the very same apprehensions

Distract the ever budding visions

Dampening my future aspirations.

As a child, life seemed more secure

But vanished as an illusory nightmare;

The heart-tempting youthful glitters

Captivated me with romantic gestures.

Fleeting time moved like a surging tide,

Years eclipsed and age felt the fade;

So speedily if destined is life to ride

With what fickle-element is life made?

Ups and downs, serenity and storms

Inner eye focuses on life’s charms,

Aspirations anew recurrently swarm

Compelled by time, they remain calm.

Life’s inevitable and strange seasons

Force to explore the reasons in vain

Enlightenment, perhaps is a life’s friction

To awaken us all, with the ageing potion.

The tempting veil of fascinating delusions

Now at least, if removed with a true vision,

Path-finding would be our future actions,

To unfold a startling view of life’s horizon.