Only If You Are Lucky..... Poem by BASAB CHAUDHURI

Those were the days when a pay cheque was necessary -
Not any more.
What does life expect out of man when money loses its shine?
To stand up.
To look into the deep well and see whether there is water still.
Not to stand still.
But to walk miles and miles to see what nature feels like.
To observe.
Struggle for existence and how an insect negotiates.
It lives.
Long after, a day comes in a man's life when he feels -
Living matters.
That's the only thing that matters; all else secondary.

Then a man starts feeling
He starts living,
Soon after he is gone.
Life reveals itself for a few moments -
You get it only if you are lucky.