Like a child<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I tried to reach out<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the stars<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I got some<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I lost some<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why then do I have<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A feeling of disquiet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A clever businessman<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Makes a cruel bargain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With one hand he gives<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abundantly<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And with the other<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He snatches away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A constant question<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haunts me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are things ordained?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Can one really carve out<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One’s future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If success is ordained<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then so is tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like a candle melts<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tormenting and burning itself<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet giving light to others<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I melt,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is it destiny,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrong Choices<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karma?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ritu Dewan\u00a01997<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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