How To Enjoy Life? Poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi

We are stuck as the lizard on the walls of rules,
Sucking the fluids as the leach in the jungle,
Pecking the grains from the lawn as the birds,
When'd we become human to enjoy the life?

We are finely tuned to like the best of the worst,
Maneuvering in the ballroom as the conspicuous snakes,
Most of our notions are simple, but wrapped in cocoons,
When'd we become human to enjoy the life?

Our thoughts are flying high as the fleets of swallows,
Our wishes are swimming at the school of whales,
The enthusiasm mostly has grown as the weeds,
When'd we become human to enjoy the life?

We are stuck as the lizard, on our imaginary bed,
Vacuum of ignorance, which disguises as the trend,
Keeping us on the same dot or at the best spot,
Gone is the youth, what is left with this empty shell?