Treasured Words Poem by Avik Datta Gupta

In life there are treasured words and rules
That have been picked up by fools
And the spool plays loud and clear
Designer words that'd sound so cool
To make our lives aspire
Some brainy quotes as antidotes
Serve a million minds that ail
We hammer our heads with what they wrote
We have stored up some rusted nails

People live and die
With the blink of an eye
While their treasured words remain
We wallow within hit the sky
And treasure an unknown brain

We love to change when change is in range
We feel we may have changed alone
Yet we long to change from the way we are
As we believe ourselves to the bone
We flash out words
Like that priceless trump card
Drive nails to other minds
As the infection spreads
We speak words of the dead
Our precious knowledge is mined