LYRICS OF TEARS

A MAN HAPPY WITH HEAVY TEARS

At my inception into the world

I came with nothing

But must need something

All for my survival.

In my journey and search for meaning

I wondered to and fro

Seeking for my reason for living

As well as my quest for meaning.

My search for survival

Brought me to ultimate search

For the meaning of what must be

The essence of my being.

This ultimate search brought me,

Face-to-face with many options

On which I found no reason

To found and build my Being.

With profound reflection,

I wondered and wondered; what must constitute,

The utmost aim and end of my being,

At last I discovered it as ‘Happiness,’

Leading to the threshold of materiality,

There was no happiness

Peeping from the window of the intellectuals

Happiness was far-fetched.

Gazing into the church and mosque,

Surprisingly, happiness was not seen,

Entering the shrines so powerful,

All I found was illusion.

At the end of the voyage,

It became crystal clear,

That my aim for the search,

Cannot come from without but within.

Then I withdraw into myself,

Lo and behold the ‘Happiness’ I desired,

With arm outstretched I embraced her,

And delight in her company.

My delight and company with her,

Was not an assurance of ‘plenty,’

Though I lack in many,

But my self-given Happiness ever remains.

‘Lack’ breeds sorrow in me,

Cares and sorrow makes my heart heavy,

But with the company of my self-discovered friend,

I smile all through every situation.