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A LOOK AT LIFE-106 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

A LOOK AT LIFE-106
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

     NEITHER YOU NOR I

No one is self-made
Neither you nor I 
The love and concern
Sweat and blood of your parents
The sacrifices  of your family 
The commitment of your teachers
The support of the society
The Govt and its resources 
Millions of people and their 
Hard-earned money in the form of taxes
Have gone into the making of you
That significant  dignified you

You know not
How many have contributed to your upbringing 
To how many you owe for what you are
You carry countless obligations of innumerable 
Individuals about whom  you are not  aware of 
Without the support of the family
Society and the system
You can't imagine 
Where you would have been.

You have forgotten 
The individuals and institutions 
That made you what you are
You are obsessed with your career
Family and kids
You don't see anything, anybody except 
A significant few you call your own
You evaluate relationship in terms of
Naked self-interest 
For you individuals, society and nation
Have no meaning 
What matters is money

You do not remember them
The individuals, institutions and the system
Which carried you all along 
You are swayed away by the glittering outlay 
Of the new world 
It is okay you have chosen your life 
But don't runway from your obligations 
It is time to payback
To the society, system and individuals
Who have invested so much on you
You are an out and out professional 
But the man in you is silently 
Breathing somewhere deep inside
You are a man
You can not kick the ladder 
I know.
Be with the system
You can not  betray yourself 

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
Picture-google #river A LOOK AT LIFE-106
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

     NEITHER YOU NOR I

No one is self-made
Neither you nor I 
The love and concern
A LOOK AT LIFE-106
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

     NEITHER YOU NOR I

No one is self-made
Neither you nor I 
The love and concern
Sweat and blood of your parents
The sacrifices  of your family 
The commitment of your teachers
The support of the society
The Govt and its resources 
Millions of people and their 
Hard-earned money in the form of taxes
Have gone into the making of you
That significant  dignified you

You know not
How many have contributed to your upbringing 
To how many you owe for what you are
You carry countless obligations of innumerable 
Individuals about whom  you are not  aware of 
Without the support of the family
Society and the system
You can't imagine 
Where you would have been.

You have forgotten 
The individuals and institutions 
That made you what you are
You are obsessed with your career
Family and kids
You don't see anything, anybody except 
A significant few you call your own
You evaluate relationship in terms of
Naked self-interest 
For you individuals, society and nation
Have no meaning 
What matters is money

You do not remember them
The individuals, institutions and the system
Which carried you all along 
You are swayed away by the glittering outlay 
Of the new world 
It is okay you have chosen your life 
But don't runway from your obligations 
It is time to payback
To the society, system and individuals
Who have invested so much on you
You are an out and out professional 
But the man in you is silently 
Breathing somewhere deep inside
You are a man
You can not kick the ladder 
I know.
Be with the system
You can not  betray yourself 

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
Picture-google #river A LOOK AT LIFE-106
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

     NEITHER YOU NOR I

No one is self-made
Neither you nor I 
The love and concern