Tuesday, 7 July 2020

Untimely...

Racers see only the racers
Count who is ahead or at heels
Crowd cheers, money flies
Floats the craze, rises the rage
But, racers count only racers
Life and death race together
Collars and shoulders up
Who knows which is ahead of whom
Races go on racing

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4 comments:

  1. Arti9 July 2020 at 22:00

    An apt commentary on modern life aka rat race. I'll be pondering on this line : 'Life and death race together' for some time I think.

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  2. Ira Mishra10 July 2020 at 04:14

    So very true sir... Can't agree more

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