Regret Poem by Krishna Baalu

REGRET

Regret

Plenty and bountiful!
Everyone has their own
Me, for missing my Blue Label in Mumbai
Despite bountiful

The shepherd boy
On the top of the mud hill
Staring at the setting sun
Had his own!
for not having taken birth in affluent lands!

At the middle age many regret
After having met a lovely lady
Or a handsome man in a pub!
Our doses of regret pour in;
“I wish I met you earlier
may be
A couple of decades ago”?

The millionaire at his middle age
had his own
for not becoming a billionaire yet,
for not having figured
in Fortune 500

The veteran political leaders in their 80’s
Longing for the elections to come
For not having taken birth a little late!

We console ourselves as
Destiny or fate!
Not realizing the transcendental truth!

if every wish and will is fulfilled
if every attempt is accomplished
if things fall in our marked places

Then;

God would have regretted
for failing the creation!