A Thought for the Day.
Prices go up
Our life goes down.
Salaries go up
But our hearts go down.
Lifestyle has gone up
But our moral side has gone down.
Hatred is on the increase
Kindness is on the decrease.
Thus, we cruise along,
We are searching for a shore.
We hope to be good
But do not open our account.
Where is our ancient torch?
Where is our sincere approach?
Where is our enlightened search?
Where is our world beyond definitions?
It was here,
It was with us.
On our sojourn
We lost it and now mourn.
In place of that torch
We have now a sharpened sword.
In place of that spirited world,
We have a sharpened word.
In the place of the heart
We move as a brute.
In the place of a lighted inn
We create a world of sin.
The cross is not our path,
The Koran is not our faith.
Nor the ancient lores our spirit
And we fall into a pit.
With a widening vision
With a marked mission
We can reach our inns
We can get beyond our sins.
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With a widening vision With a marked mission We can reach our inns We can get beyond our sins.
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Written on February 24, 2010
Submitted by ravi_panamanna on January 01, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB ABCC XXXX DXXX XXXX DXXX XXEE XXFF GGHHC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 941 |
Words | 215 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
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