the lonely path

The Lonely Path

Strewn across the sands of time,
Li'l stones bright and shiny
Throw off the track one too many
Sojourners in quest of greater things
'Life is short, make it sweet-
Pleasures are too many to eat'-
The rocks tempt the sojourners brave
To stand still and search no more.

Tempted am I by Eden's fruits
To stop and rest and stand still,
To trade my searchlight for the wine cup,
To take no thought for the day to come
But to live a coward's life- Satisfied
With present lest the future be sad.

Countless crusaders have erred fatally
To stop and let sweep the tide of time,
To erase them forever from human thought
Failing the goal they once sought.
Not I, I decide and plod on my path-
The lonely path to an uncertain future.

-B.Arvind