Up and Down

a poem by Lakshminarayana K

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a passage of the time;
Life is the passage of the time.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a package of problems;
Life is the package of problems.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a message if the dawn;
Life is the message of the dawn.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a Tirumala-Tirupathi road;
Life is the Tirumala-Tirupathi road.

Up and down, up and down
It’s is a journey up and down
Life is a limerick to be sung;
Life is the limerick to be sung.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a game of chess divine;
Life is the game of chess divine.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a perversion of rhyme;
Life is the perversion of rhyme.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a vintage of woodland;
Life is the vintage of woodland.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a paper boat on stream;
Life is the paper boat on stream.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a sugar in coffee cup;
Life is the sugar in coffee cup.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a palankeen of love;
Life is the palankeen of love.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a blowing gentle breeze;
Life is the blowing gentle breeze.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a butterfly on blooms;
Life is the butterfly on blooms.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a drizzling on the grass;
Life is the drizzling on the grass.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a waterfall on vale;
Life is the waterfall on vale.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a cake of His Birthday;
Life is the cake of His Birthday.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a fulfillment of dreams;
Life is the fulfillment of dreams.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a woeful-joyful pill,
Life is the woeful-joyful pill.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a service to mankind;
Life is the service to mankind.

Up and down, up and down
It’s a journey up and down
Life is a potter’s wheel twirling;
Life is the potter’s wheel twirling.