Note down, nothing will go into nothing; If you have nothing you will have nothing! Let you be punished for default, But never be it for deceit. I have rich learning, culture and manners; But beset with poor food, health and finance! Be prepared all the while for bitter curses; Boons may come, once in a while, as bonuses! Better to soothe the victim of your ill deed Than to confess before Minister ordained! I'm a lighted but unburnt wick of yesterday; Don't throw me out when am willing to burn today. I had pleasant dreams about life; It all turned a nightmarish strife! Muezzins have to call from Minaret To arouse our prayer instinct? Which gauge can measure acuteness of pain, Depth of love and degree of emotion? Present life is a present of bygone past, Only purest present presents future best. Statistics establishes a lie numerically; The opportunist takes advantage of it cunningly! Swinging justice's scale Is offered for sale! "Fowl of air sow not reap not": They feed on other's grain and fruit! "Seek and ye shall find", the Lord sayeth; But we seek what we can't find on earth! "Thy faith hath made thee whole"; Now, money maketh all "Put new wine into new bottles"; Put new thought into newborn minds! Man boasts, he could land on moon, But could he, as on land, walk on? Coin is minted round to roll From hand to hand, that's its role. Confinement is bondage, Even in golden cage! Someone's mistake of yesterday Might be social rite of today. Poverty cannot be alleviated By preaching philosophy concentrated! When thy begging bowl is full and flowing over, You will feel, you are the God, reigning world over! All of us work for and hope But only few reach the top! Man is slave of circumstances Created by his circumstandees* (* Don't look for this word in a Dictionary, for it is coined). Invention of Zero inspired calculation; Zero as a wheel had incited revolution! "Early bird catches the worm"; Early worm walks unto doom! Resourceful are not successful; Successful are not resourceful! To err is human; To pardon is humane! Why should purest of all rivers, Ganges, holy Desecrate itself merging into sea wholly? Even on udder full of milk, Mosquito fancies blood to suck! The event that will make you happy Might make many others unhappy! "Drops of water make an ocean", Drops that drip dry even ocean! Idle mind is not a devil's workshop – At times, poetry flows from it non-stop! The wick will burn to ashes in no time If the lamp lacks oil that keeps the flame. While ringing in, with gaiety, the New Year, Grow and show, you are one more year wiser. You would become only what you can And not that you wish or others plan! Despite absorbing hottest rays of Sun, Moon always emits only coolest sheen! Moneys black and white, vie each other, Even within sacred temple coffer! Do whatever you have to, today, here and now For, tomorrow is a dream, may not come true.