The life ordinary

Out of the womb
First inhalation
The brain signals
It's first motivation.

As I grew
So did the brain
So did my desires
On a fast lane.

Play school started
Influenced by friends
Wanted to do as they did
As that was the trend.

Stuck to books
As I was told
"They would make you something"
Was sternly told.

Study and then you would
Enjoy life and have a future bright
Any contradiction to this societal frame
Is viewed with diabolic spite.

From alpha to beta
From amoeba to Asia
Keeping in my mind that
Education is the panacea.

Innate desires and passions
Went up in a puff of smoke
The nervous system of my interests
Was ruptured in a single stroke.

Slogged night, slogged day
Slogged like the millions do
Some efforts bore fruit
Some were just too few.

The life changed so much
It's a need vs want
The dreadful part here is
That success is the only font.

Slogging in and out
We're a mere product
To solve some purpose
To be nothing but sucked.


Monetary value of passion
Only the cynics would guess
Not because it's too meager
But 'cause passion is priceless.


Living the life is passe
It's about the survival
Darwin's theory of the fit
Has gained a zealous revival.


The average mind here
Finds no place to grow
In the world full of chains
The seeds of complexes we sow.


The world salutes those
With grades and brands
No one relates to failure
The winner alone stands.


Conscious about the society
The laws and the conventions spun
What would others think about me
Is the seminal question.


What if we desire beyond
The continuous stock of pages
Something that our heart yearns for
Something our mind engages.


What if we conjure a life
Beyond the profits and the loss
Where I do what I wish
Where only I am the boss.