Sunday, 10 September 2017

CHARACTER, THE RICHEST TREASURE OF LIFE

CHARACTER, THE RICHEST TREASURE OF LIFE


All, except an unblemished character of a man, is vain and futile
All other acquisitions and accumulations last only for a while!
A man of character alone can overcome many an adverse stile,
A man of character can swim across the worldly floods of the Nile!

It is the costliest, most valuable and bejewel’d Crown of an emperor
A man of character has neither anxiety nor trepidation and fear.
He can look the world, with a brave and confident smile, in its face
He alone triumphs, at length, with effortless ease, the stiff upward Race!

A man of character alone enjoys the Elysian and eternal peace
He alone is blessed with, by the Almighty, a rare spiritual Bliss!
A man of character, the Salt on Earth, alone can Salvation kiss,
The rest are divested of Rest, for they loosen the character leash!

Yes, character is the richest Treasure that all must have a will to own
It is the most important Key, from mundane miseries,to emancipation!
Thus, let the nurturing of character be every mortal’s sole and prime aim
For, without character, alas! Ruefully lost is life’s most precious Game!


GLOSSARY:
* unblemished – perfect/ pure
* vain - worthless
* futile – useless
* acquisitions and accumulations – possessions
* anxiety nor trepidation - worry nor nervousness
* triumphs –wins
* at length – finally
* with effortless ease – very comfortably
* stiff – tough
* Elysian – heavenly
* divested of Rest - deprived of eternal peace
* leash – strap/ bridle
* will – desire
* Salvation – liberation/Moksha
* mundane – worldly
* emancipation – freedom
* nurturing – cultivation/keeping hold of
* sole – only
*ruefully – regretfully

©Shankar D Mishra 10.09.2017
Blog: sdmpoetry.blogspot.com
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