While Walking...... Poem by DEEPAK KUMAR PATTANAYAK

While walking.....
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Down the day
Down the night
Sanguine I found the day
But I was in doubt
The noon's ample ray
If ever could delight
If ever could hold
Sunrise glory and sunset beauty

And if the moon's ethereal light
Could ever endure
And shine under meteor dust
And comet's fire
And if crest of joy
Or depth of woe
I could ever grope
Fancy yet not know

While walking
Down the day
Down the night
I saw a saint passing
By a graveyard
It was a moonlit night
And wonder-struck I was
With the remark of the saint

'Man is like those graves!
See from the outside
They look clean and shining
But deeper you dig
You will find nothing
But insects and worms sordid
Feeding on flesh dead
Man may appear
Very clean from outside
But deeper you look into him
You will find venomous snakes of greed
And with the slush of evil, heart is filled'

Then looking at the graveyard
The saint urged his disciples
Within don't carry the dead spirit
Come out of the graves
And live a life of reality
Be natural
Be what you truly are
Not the dead bodies of graveyard
But the zestful, joyful human beings
Of this beautiful world