LIFE IS WHAT ONE’S CHOICE IS!

LIFE IS WHAT ONE’S CHOICE IS!

How meticulously and carefully, from water, does pick,

The ever alert, sensible and sane, Swan only the useful milk,

Leaving, at the bottom, untouched, the redundant former,

Relishing, to the hilt, to be hale and hearty, and prosper!

How unbelievably and rationally, only the iron particles, chooses,

From among the varied matters, mixed, adulterated and trifling,

The most infallible Magnet with its wit serves, teaches and amuses,

And does arrest all hearts, and rule unrivalled as the Metal King!

Let me thus be a learned Swan to see through the Right and the Wrong,

Let me, like a sweet Swan croon life’s glittering and glorifying song!

Let me, like a meaningful Magnet, cling to the vital Virtue Metal,

Let me leave the worthless and trivial clinkers to make life Celestial!

Let me, thus, realize and remember that “Lo! Life is what one’s Choice is!”

“A pertinent Choice enriches life; an impertinent one does ruin and pulverize!”

Glossary:

Meticulously – carefully

Sensible and sane - reasonable and wise

Redundant - unnecessary

Former – earlier (here, water)

Relishing - taking pleasure in

To the hilt - fully

Hale and hearty - healthy

Rationally - logically

Adulterated – mixed/ impure

Trifling – insignificant

Infallible – perfect

Unrivalled - unchallenged

Croon - sing

Glittering – sparkling

Trivial - unimportant

Clinkers – waste materials or refuses from mines

Celestial – heavenly

Pertinent - significant

Impertinent – insignificant

 Pulverize – grind/ crush

©Shankar D Mishra, 31.01.2018

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