Shades of Success

@Shimla

  

They always said life is,

The events of pride and,

In achieving a station beyond self-doubt,
In being someone noticed aloud.

The name for you and fame for your family

Glory to the kin and some more of it all for one’s ancestry and posterity,

Success, achievement, triumph and a little more of them all.

I thought I will have it once I am at that mark,

The so called 'success' of catching the eyeballs.

But now,

That mark seems getting distant and blurry,

As I keep on desiring every time a little more of them all,

The so called 'success' of catching the eyeballs.

I asked him and her, everyone said you could do better,

That there is no stop until you get better of every other,

That the biggest loser happens to be none other than the second finisher.

Confused and frustrated all the while doubting myself,

Do I or don’t deserve the sunshine glory,

In melancholy my mind numbed,

After all my struggles I had been announced good for none.

Came my dog wagging his tail,

With his ever gleaming eyes and spirited trails

We went around the park, and had a good time,

We sat at the pond, felt the wind and bathed in the sunshine.

It was then that I decided,

Never again to get blinded by,
The Janus faced successful ones,

Their flimsy glory and the pompous tones,

Life is what one makes out of it,

A hearty laugh, some good friends,

A loving partner is what it takes,

To get the utmost warmth and truest admiration for lifetime.©