CIRCLE OF LIFE

Acknowledgement:The theme behind this poem composed by me was taken from a similar thought found expressed in another write up of a similar nature in the Surrey (Near London)library while on a holiday in my son's house in UK in Summer 2004.I am indebted to the original writer for providing Food For Thought in my composing this poem.

Life cycle begins its journey
No sooner than a child is born
Takes a circular pathway route
Thro a path of Roses and Thorns.

As an infant in the early stages
The child grows to become a Man
With passing time as he further ages
Readies to enter the Unknown Land.

Lo and Behold from the Unknown Land
The Man reappears as a Child
Remaining in the circle as before
Is oblivious of his previous life.

Is it the Life Cycle so Simple as This
That it treads the simple circular way?
Or is it as a witness for its rebirth
That it takes the endless circular shape?

Life Cycle is not so simple
As it here appears to be
Somewhere in the midway path
I see a change in their Inter Roles.

As a child grows and becomes a man
His confidence grows in Leaps and Bounds
Sure of Himself and of Others
He oozes this confidence in All his Hounds.

What happens to his Parents then
Who are fast approaching the Judgement Day ?
Self Willed and Stubborn so far,Now see
In the path Their Confidance fade.

I see no need to puzzle further
The picture appears simple and plain
As the Child becomes the Man
The Parent becomes the Child.

Times there are in the above cycle
When the Life Journey goes astray
The Child or the Man without ageing
Leaves the Circle without a say.

They both still RE Emerge, as a
Child back in the circular path
Unaware of their past living,They
Resume their journey as in the past

And so the Life Cycle moves forward
In the circular path it chose
Glued to a circle remains endless
As destined by GOD before.


Composed by BAIYU LONDON MARCH 2004
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