Poetic and Prosaic Writeups

A few words As we see, ‘life’ is a four-letter word, a short word, for sure. No matter what the circumstances are, we, most of the time, fail to control our lives. Broadly speaking, there are certain things in the world, over which we have no control, no control at all. We fall victims to our crises. We raise a hue and cry, thinking then wondering, “How can this be possible? How did it happen? Such things were not meant to be so at all. How did everything slip off our hands?” Well, the truth is that we can never have complete control over anything permanently. In other words, we cannot control; we have to be controlled instead. Hence, the more we come to learn the fact, the better. Sometimes, it is quite natural to ponder on, “How can we cherish our freedom when we are under control?” None of us can be completely ‘free’ in the literal sense. However, that does not mean that we have to fit in the frame made by someone else. What we need to do is to get rid of our colonised mind. Why d...

Keywords Try, heart, soul, heart and soul, obtain, success, destiny, betray, laugh, cruel, unjust, practice, hard, indeed, life, exactly, tough, pull, pull on, tears, advantage, own, rhythm, stop, never, always, harder, better, past, deed, order, gain, fortune, give up, poem, persistence, burn, midnight, oil, toil, day, success, full, mess, injustice, in spite, cry, people, trust, succeed, bleed, Fortune's, club, substance Substance of the poem Even though I try heart and soul to obtain success, destiny betrays me by laughing a cruel laugh. It seems to be unjust, though I practise hard indeed. Life is not meant to be exactly as we think of it. Sometimes, it feels hard and tough to pull on. When we are in tears, people sometimes take advantage of it. However, life goes on in its own rhythm, that is, we must never stop, we should always try harder to better our past deeds in order to gain fortune. We must not give up at all. The poem - ...

The keywords to the entire poem Poem, life, drudging, journey, stumbling, blocks, fumbling, rocks, stumble, fumble, snake, press, brake, fall, fall down, bumper, hole, pamper, as a whole, walk on, rain, storm, deaf, dumb, fall, stand up, dogs, bark, jerk, foxes, howl, wind, growl, move on The poem in a nutshell Yes, human life is a strenuous, excruciating journey. The road is full of blocks, rocks, snakes, bumpers, holes, barking dogs, howling foxes etc. Still, we need to enjoy the journey and make the most out of it. What we need to do is to stay positive and confident to achieve our goal. Yes, we must gain success in such a manner. We sometimes need to stay stoical but should never give up at any obstacle in life. The poem - "Life, A Drudging Journey" Stumbling blocks; Fumbling rocks; Yonder’s a snake; Press the brake; Else fall down, Else fall down. There’s a bumper; There’s a hole; Li...