“My Desire”

What if I had really thought it right?

Would it still escape your sight?

This question has baffled one & all

The rich and poor and the big and small

What is it that I really do want?

How to express what one cannot?

It’s a feeling of being in control

Not just once but always as a whole!

Who takes precedence in this race?

Shall shape the destiny of the case!

I won’t give in, nor will he, you or she

So worse goes on for him, you & me!

What’s the point in not taking heed?

Is life about just the drink and feed?

It’s awful to waste what’s great and thorough

This life in grief and dread and sorrow

Get up and take command of your life

Don’t die without a struggle or strife!

I know it’s hard to be gentle and meek

Forgiveness will never make you weak

Patience and shukr are great virtues

Which, one of them, are you to choose?

                                                                            Dr Irfan Jehangir