A Compromise Poem by Sachidananda Panda

I have learned it in a hard way
Some by chance, few by accident
By observation and resilience
Fighting with the self-made kings and queens
Demigods of their own makings

I was not always a winner though
Sometimes I had a hefty hey
The other, perhaps! Were not my day
I was crushed and hammered along a cruel bash
My Dreams were trampled quite young and harsh
Each time I had to start afresh
To keep my promise on to myself

I owe to a vow, a pledge
I won't change with Age
It's a matter of my own choosing
Better to die in a battle
Than to flee from the stage
The day I quit, to face them straight
The day I deceive my self- commitment

Ignorance can be overcome
Inexperience is a temporary stuff
A win or a defeat bridge the hour glass
Day follows night as law of the universe
One is not born to live for a thousand years
Things shall go on, with you or without
But! Once a compromise made with self
It's a life defeated, worse than the death

@sachi-14th Jan-2021
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