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The Life Triumphant by blacq2009(m): 10:00am On Apr 28, 2016
THE LIFE TRIUMPHANT.
Amidst the world's cacophony,
All men thirsts, hungers:
Wails and longs for what?
"Life", they say.
In their quest for bliss
Do they wander far
From their ownselves:
Blundering blindly
Deeper into the dark jungles
Of covetousness, hatred and utter abyss.
In their search for power,
They burry innocent lives:
Only to expose themselves to public insults
In the name of Freedom Of Speech:
Or he voyages across oceans
To acquire a certificate That seldom secures him a job:
Or engages in the fiecest scuffle
To win a woman that
Forever steals his happiness:
Or fervently prays for a car
That somersaults him
Into his early grave:
Yet on his journey
To immortality,
He killeth, stealeth, slandereth, oppresseth , hateth
And commits crimes, vile:
For the deception that
Money and power
Will earn them Godship,
Does not appear that illusory to them.
Then do they become beasts,grovelling.
And beasts shall they remain
Until they realize
The bliss they so seek
Can't be acquired beyond their noses:
Until they realize,the wealthy crieth the most:
Until they see the "powerful man" the most insomniac.
Until they resort to that
Internal and eternal byway:
The byway of blessedness
And of peace:
Of self realization:
Of honesty in dealings:
Of content:
Of incessant prayers:
Of inner love:
Of other-worldliness:
Only then shall he live
The life triumphant, the life well lived.
(Blacq2009)

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