Everyday Life Poem by Michael Varghese

We are like drones in this world
Get up, move around, do your job, go home
Monotony, consistent oscillation
Between the waking and the dark
Just the everyday life, hmm
Everyday life-a tribute to our disengaged minds
Autopilot all day, every day, for all but a few
Who rejoice in every change
The crack in the wall, the shortcut home
The little things that make life bearable
Till the solitude of death
If only we could rejoice like them
Euphoria in the growth of a plant
Excitement and mindless rants
Just think, if we were like them
We could be happy
Not just with our greatest achievements
But with every small victory, every surpassed hurdle
Every living thing, every little thing
And this would make all the difference
And help us cross the fence
From the house of boredom-home to the urge to do stupid things
Over to the house of the mildly amused-home to happiness and calm