The time in between

a poem by Mahendra

We, the contemporary beings
Measuring time by same date and year
Happened to come on earth
By the wonderful transformation of life
We, lighted by the same spectrum of sun
See the same colours bloom around
Pass through the same spring and autumn
Follow the common rules of nature
Learn about the same framed topics
Talk about the same terrestrial matters…
But, we never loyal to our conscience
Satisfy in worthless exaggerations
Unable to identify ourselves
Turn our face to confident looks
Hesitate to approve attainments
Ridicule the grace and excellence
Shut our eyes towards miseries and pains
Stay before as a stranger to one another
And we, forget that eternity is unchanged
Before and after us and to realise;
‘We have only the time prescribed’…