So here it is.My first creative work in nearly 9 months.Overcoming my longest writer's block I have put forth my effort.Happiness is by far one of the best of human qualities.But this happiness come at a terrible cost.We just have see how badly we have destroyed the rest of the world and along with it the rest of the animal kingdom so that our species can flourish.We have to realise that on the true scale of things humans are essentially cruel and horrible creatures but human thought is a saving grace.If not for it nothing would reduce the barriers between the happiness we enjoy and the injustice we met out.Here in lies my subject for my latest poem.Also with this poem i celebrate 10 years as a poet.It was on 1st January,2000 that I wrote my first poem.This is my 63rd poem.It’s been a long time and a lot of things have changed including the themes of my poems.I think my work over the years reflects all the changes that has happened to me.I would like to think I’ve grown wiser and with it a bit less angry with the rest of the world but above all this the last 10 years has taught me humility and ignited a passion for my dreams which I consider the biggest gains.
The Happiness Fallacy
How happy are we?
The sinful prayered souls.
The sight of the flagrant bird,
The green of the purple trees,
Warms a heart so cruelly ours.
Oh so gruesome you Human are,
So you need a God to leash you in.
And haven't you wondered yet,
Why the speechless need no God.
Love and thought thy only solace.
Albeit the little you choose to do.
Despite all goodness and all beauty,
You still need the world to forgive you.
How blessed the blissful are.
The world a little strange,
The mind a little wary,
And an imagination that saves the day.
Raghuraj S. Hegde
18th January,2010
