Cream Always Rises To The Top Poem by Ali Rahimi

Basic means of staying alive, survival,
Tribal, military, organizational, institutional,
Core value for life,
Natural selection, struggle for existence, descent of man,
To survive is easy, we do it every minute,
In the concrete and asphalt jungles of human civilization, But,
Do we have a rich awarding existence?
Primeval sense to survive,
We want the luxury,
We aspire to something much greater,
Buddhist teaching, Prophets' instructions, Or
Houses, cars, Sex, and drugs?
Journey challenging, brain misguided, desires misdirected,
We are fighting continuously not to die,
So why do we commit suicide? Homicide? Genocide?
Japan's metro services are halted everyday for ‘' human accident''
Another flesh smashed by self-inflicted man-made machinery,
This nation is peculiarly ‘'anti-survival'',
Cream always rises to the top,
We don't age, we don't grow, we just vegetate, just give in,
Like men lost in the night of wilderness,
Replete with panic, helplessness and fatigue,
We are lost, or they are lost? Who the hell is lost?
We are seeking a divine safe shelter,
How can we find our way with no spiritual campus?
No mental pilot, no emotional vade mecum,
How can we usher in the right path?
We navigate blindly in the labyrinth of ideologies, cults and creeds,
All claiming to hold the bright flag of happiness,
All bragging they have the light of wisdom, the water of bliss,
We can we zigzag our way to felicity,
We can we maneuver our way to grace,
Beware! Wolves arrive in sheep's clothing,
Yes, we are always told: remain positive, you will survive,
What is the purpose of survival?
Have offspring? Cycle of life,
Perpetual vicious circle of struggle for survival,
The cream always rises to the top,
When I was a child teacher would ask:
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Doctor, engineer, pilot, teacher,
How about dustbin man? The laborer?
We all end up in rose cottage, where the rainbow ends,
Yes where the rainbow ends,
All in the white shroud, fragranced with camphor,
Who survives? Who survives? Who survives?
Cream always rises to the top……..