Mysterious World Poem by Praveen Kumar In Shobha Priya

All over the horizons till eyes can reach
Wherever eyes sweep and hearts peep,
Unbound sufferings and pains keep;
Hunger, disease and uncertainties too deep
And the fear of life in midst of beasts
Make gentle life a living hell;
Why sour potions in the milk of life?

Why pains and pleasures live side by side?
Why grief in joy's womb hides?
Why the wondrous creation and the gentle nature
Bear the faces of ugly strains?
Why vales and hills stand side by side,
Like light and shadow follow each other?
Pain and pleasure here coexist ever,
Grief and joy hug each other;
Is it how the mysterious world evolved,
Where hell and heaven ride together?

Love and beauty here in fear of doom
Wither souls from the natural bloom;
Here, beauty is not beauty, a shadow of ruins,
Here, love is not love, a fear of separation;
Nor innocence, innocence, a chance to ravage,
Nor pure joy, here joy, a foreboding of sorrow,
Rise and height, a sure sign of steep fall;
Are these nature's designs of balance,
Where neither good nor bad prevails forever?
Aye, why not only the good rule the world?