I WALKED ALONG THE PATH CALLED LIFE,
AND WITH A PUFF FORGOT ALL THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF LIFE
I REACHED A STAGE WHERE I DID NOT HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR FOES,
AND THUS I GOT RID OFF ALL LIFE'S WOES
I REACHED A STAGE WHERE I DID NOT HAVE ANY HAPPINESS OR SORROWS,
AND HENCE I FORGOT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TODAYS AND TOMORROWS
I REACHED A STAGE WHERE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAPPINESS AND GRIEF,
WAS THERE BUT IT WAS VERY BRIEF
IT WAS WORTHLESS TO PONDER OVER MY SADNESS,
SO I BEGAN TO CELEBRATE MY SADNESS
I LEARNED FROM MY MISTAKES WHICH WERE BUT HUMAN,
AND THUS I BECAME A BETTER HUMAN
THE LITTLE THAT I GOT I OWED TO MY LUCK,
THE LITTLE THAT I DIDN'T GET I OWED TO MY LUCK
HAPPINESS AND WOES CAME AND WENT,
MANY PEOPLE CAME IN MY LIFE AND WENT
SOME STAYED FOR A FEW SEASONS,
OTHERS STAYED FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH REASONS
I LEARNED FROM THEN ON,
AND THE CARAVAN OF MY LIFE MOVED ON
THE BEAUTY OF LIFE IS THAT IT MOVES ON,
AND EVEN IN MY CASE IT MOVED ON
I CHANGED MYSELF ACCORDING TO EVERY SITUATION,
AND HENCE ADAPTED TO EVERY SITUATION
WHAT I LEARNED MADE THE WORLD MY OYSTER,
AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED MY FOES AND WOES OUSTER
I REACHED AN AGE AND STAGE,
WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY JEALOUSY OR RAGE
I WALKED ALONG THE PATH CALLED LIFE,
AND WITH A PUFF FORGOT ALL THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF LIFE
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