Life is full of Contradiction

After a Political commentary, I am back. But this time with an old poem of mine. My mind is going through certain phases, which though conducive for ideas but not for application. As I put my mind in order, here I present a poem I wrote in November 24,2005. Why did I write it? Honestly, I don't remember. But it does reflects my state of mind then. Pound me if you don't like it.

Life is full of Contradiction

Life is full of contradiction,

It’s not just any make or buy decision.

Decisions other take may seem hollow,

But decisions we take we seldom follow.

We know the difference between right and wrong,

But we always tell ourselves ‘what’s wrong with wrong’.

For future, a grand life is what we dream,

In reality, we can’t even afford an ice-cream.

So we may ask ‘what’s wrong with our decisions’,

Are they usually mired with contradiction?

No, our decisions are right,

But premises are wrong.

With contradictory premises we cannot get along.

So get a clean thought and clear mind.

So as to face the ultimate and not resign.

For what turn life may take we don’t know.

As with every good life a contradiction follows.

© Tarun Mitra

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