LISTEN!

LISTEN!

Listen! To hammer lightning fours to score quick fifties,

To haul towering sixes to complete swift centuries;

You must walk on to the life’s tough and swinging Crease,

Be braced up to breast the fiercest falls that Fate-bowlers release!

Listen! To gather life’s most coveted and tempting Pearls,

To embellish your necks with their shining curls;

You must dive bravely into life’s deepest and roughest Seas,

Venture until you bag them, and the hostile bottoms you reach!

Listen! To take the alluring snaps of the Earth from the far off Moon,

To turn your paltry, mortal life a unique and an immortal boon;

You must sincerely, honestly, diligently and tirelessly toil,

Persevere until you triumph, and burn steadily the midnight oil!

Listen! To pluck life’s sweet, soft and spellbinding Roses,

To gather, for their beauteous fragrance, hearty applauses;

You must be prepared to smile while their bleeding thorns kiss,

Ignore bitter adversity and absorb pungent pains to Success relish!

Glossary:

Hammer – strike/ hit

Towering – lofty/ very tall

Braced up - prepared

Fiercest – most furious/dangerous

Coveted and tempting – attractive

Applauses – appreciations with clapping

Venture – take risk/ undertake

Paltry – insignificant

Diligently - industriously

Persevere - continue

Triumph – achieve success

Spellbinding - fascinating

Pungent – sharp

©Shankar D Mishra, 17.12.2017

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