Aniruddha Pathak Poems

Few would ever opt for a bus ride
If a driver's seat's unoccupied,
Empty its fuel tank,
Repairs staring in blank,
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Selfless service the highest dharma,
Highest pursuit, the skill in karma,
Charity to those that deserve,
Best way to one's wishes to serve,
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Of four brothers that wealth may sire:
There's dharma, sacrificial fire,
The king and his empire,
Business, commerce and trade;
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Logic may not one and two equal make,
Nor can fasten a square peg in a circle,
No power's known rules of cosmic law to break,
But I've seen will-of-faith making miracle.
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I am sure sometimes I've someone hurt,
And at times felt have I nigh like dirt.
A competing tourney,
Life is no smooth journey,
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Far off lies one's home
With one boat many a storm,
But storm is life's norm.
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Time leaps and turns its millennial page—
From Ice to Stone to Bronze to Space age,
Each age with its vast range,
And then comes this change:
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He poured tears on his marital strife,
On problems of thankless married life,
Poor absent-minded him,
Lost in the world of dream,
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And death once told a much defeated life:
Life is no life if lived on edge of knife,
If struggles for survivals soaked in strife,
You see, life comes with many a death rife.
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A Tele anchor asked a biz man:
Sir, how fair you find this Budget Plan?
Bold vision all so rare,
It'd take us far and fair,
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