Life Is A Lifelong Friend Poem by Manoj Kumar Yakta

Life is a lifelong friend

It is a complicated puzzle

It is a river, don't ask about the ocean

Still it is thirsty, it is lonely

You can call it a forest of thorns

If you can, cross this forest

I have to stay with it always...

Where will you go leaving it

This is the melody of those ragas

Which burn with lightning on their lips

It is innocent and playful too..

It shines like moonlight

It is compassion, it is beloved and also a lover

It is sad to be with it

It is simple, easy and difficult too...

It is also the smiling season of spring...

- Manoj Kumar 'Yakta'