Suffering Poem by Tulsi Shrestha

Suffering
When your intellectual level, economic
And physical state permit you to satisfy
Your growing desires and needs
You needn't have to worry about anything.
But in most of cases these things, altogether
May not be completely in your favour.
Your high aspirations might turn
Cause of your pain and sorrow.
Unlimitted desires emerge due to
Perception of achievement, hunger
And thirst for sensual pleasure.
A skillful demarcation between
Constructive and destructive desires
That we all need to understand.
Your efforts must be dedicated to
Welfare of mankind rather than
Concentrating in personal gain.
Ego - oriented achievement are
Destructive in nature, might not lead to
Path of Enlightenment and inner peace.
In fact, suffering emerges, when a person
Resists to change, a dynamic process of life.
Living creatures grow old and die.
We all must manage ourselves and
Prepare to embrace naked reality.
If your physical condition doesn't permit you
To walk, you have to compromise with
Your limitation and need to accept
Wheel chair as a means to attain your destiny.
Overall acceptable to change or resistance
Which one you need to make choice
Relies on your intellectual level, physical limit
Favourable circumstances and mass support.
You can confront with changes only when
Environment and power are in your favour.
Otherwise your resistance will turn
A cause of your pain and sorrow.

Composed by Tulsi Shrestha
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