My Body Is Being Consumed Poem by Gajanan Mishra

My body, this body
Is being consumed
By others
At every moment,
And for this body
I am going towards
A painful end.
I want freeness,
Free from this body,
I know it is
Not for me all the time.
I refrain myself
From undue affection and
Attachment to stay happy.
This body tells me,
O fool, know the truth,
Realize the one
Who is within and
Do the needful
For you and stay
Far from falsehood.
So many persons are
Managing this body,
And I failed to keep balance.
Someone says give me tasty food,
Soft and suitable drink,
Some other one says give me
Sensuous objects for pleasure,
Some other one says
Let me hear pleasing sounds
And pleasant aromas,
Another clamor for pleasing sight,
And I am unable to provide
Each one as per their wish.
This body is really at times
Acting as my enemy, but I know
Only through this body
I can realize the truth
And touch the eternity.
Only I want blissful nature
With me always here.