Probability Poem by BASAB CHAUDHURI

You taught me basics of probability,
games, winner, loser, possibilities -
they were all calculations,
some I understood, most I didn't,
but they left an impression in my mind -
not because of the problems,
but because of the probability.

We all live on probability,
and as I think, I get lost.
Just before going to bed
an anxious thought appeared like a ghost -
did I know about it?
No - it was all probability
and I could not get a sound sleep.

Birth, death, marriage, separation, divorce -
all and many more hinge on probability.
Why did he say what he said?
and then joining the dots to where it all started,
a mismatch is an example of probability,
roads go in the divergent directions,
the answer is either zero or infinity.

Infinity - what does it mean in human life?
You want to reach somewhere and you don't -
and the distance between the two points,
where you are and where you wanted to be -
an infinite distance that you can never cover in life.
Can you really say what you wanted to do in life?
Perhaps not; and this is all probability - an awesome concept.