Me & You.
It
shoved me here.
It pushed me there.
It
bent. It curved,
It
rammed. It swerved.
It
rose. It dived
It
sloped. It thrived.
It
ebbed. It flowed
It
was bright. It snowed.
It
flowed. It banked.
It
pulled. It yanked.
It
propped me up. It put me down.
It
set me high. It made me drown.
This
is life. This is life.
It’s
every whim. It’s every fancy
Be it
assured. Be it chancy.
I
agreed with decency.
I
followed with urgency.
I
bent. I knelt
I
thought. I felt.
Always
pliant
Never
truant.
Forever
shoulder. Never head.
Early
to rise. Late to bed.
I
valued and treasured.
Took
what it gave, never measured.
I was
flexible. I was nimble.
Bent
at its wish. Stayed humble.
I
valued life, in me and in others,
In
friends & foes, in strangers & brothers.
Then
one day I woke up and felt,
To be
strong, unwavering, rigid not melt.
To
stay the course. To challenge life.
Not
with humility but with strife.
To
knock it back, force it in its borders.
To
give reign to my feelings and not take orders.
Sometimes
or always one must beat it down.
Tame
it, own it, not smile but frown.
Life
is a gift, but it’s given to man.
To
use as he chooses and work his own plan.
There
is no God, no saint, no devil.
No
love for a maker, no lust for evil.
I am
mine and you are your.
We will
last. We will endure.
We
will reign & toil and win & thrive.
In
years to come we will overcome life.
No fear
will guide us on what to do.
I
will be me and you will be you.
One
day I know there will be no due.
No
maker, no destroyer, no preacher, no pew.
Free
we will wander this universe as we do.
I
will be me and you will be you.
Anuj
