Life Is A Boat Poem by Akhtar Jawad
Life Is A Boat
Floating sometimes with the streams
and sometimes against the streams,
life is a boat in the river.
A boat tied by two ropes,
on the opposite banks
pulling the boat to
the two banks simultaneously.
One rope is in the hands of
Inherited ideologies,
and the other in the hands of socialization
a process that started at home
but developed in various institutions of the society.
Consequently the boat floats forward,
pleasant when it's floating with the streams,
unpleasant when it's floating against the streams.
Sitting in the boat I find myself
a victim of conflicting thoughts,
and fleeting of my mind makes me restless.
I am a helpless helmsman
my arms are weak
and when I try to turn the boat
with the help of rudders,
the rudders smile and send a message
through the music of river's waves,
"You can't do it, let the ropes fight,
and hope the best,
just wait for a powerful wave,
that pushes the boat to one of the banks.
You can only pray,
the bank you arrive at is the right bank."
We are often torn between conflicting ideologies and the norms laid by the society! We helplessly try to steer our boat in a direction we choose.... But the pull from the opposite side is too strong that we finally allow ourselves to be drifted by the currents! Powerful metaphoric write!
Yes, man's own ideologies very often clash with prevailing social ideologies.The question of right and wrong always trouble a man of Reason.It is not easy to decide.Poet prays that life's boat reaches him on the right bank. Thank you for sharing this great write.
Opposing forces vie for one's beliefs. It is the struggle to free one's self from ignorance, indoctrination and comforting complacency that puts the boat of life and the river in which it travels into perspective.
superb defining about life....... very true.... a process that started at home but developed in various institutions of the society.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Wonderful reflection of life's journey. Yes after all is said and done the only thing that consoles is a heartfelt prayer. Thank you for sharing Akhtarji.