I And My Desire - Poem English
Channel: owais sarvasukhsevaka
Date: 08/03/2013

This is an old English poem that I had earlier published on my blog...  http://faqirana.blogspot.in/2008/07/i-and-my-desire.html

The text below for your convenience...

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I, and my desire
we often talk --
each claiming to be
greater than the other.

The never-ending debate,
always inconclusive,
makes us experiment --
with each-other...

Sometimes,
I give in, to 'him'.
And he, the
ever-unappeasable brat
inflating his expectations,
always,
never even thanks me
for accommodating him;
he squeezes me,
till I give up, in exasperation.

At other times,
I dam him up --
"Control him!", I command myself...
...with only one result:
each passing moment,
makes him stronger, and he,
one day, breaches the dam.

Always winning,
he has the classical
dilemma, of a virus:
Kill the host,
and you die with it.
Thus, my weakness
in turn, weakens him --
and I win.
For a while,
I can live a sane,
rational life.
But only, for a while...

So,
where does this leave us?
Does this stale-mate,
have a better ending?

Happily, probably, yes:
We now, have a pact --
We duel no more:
each will try, instead,
independently,
to rise, above
the other...

...

...thus, each of us
downgrades the other
from a foe, to a mere
rival. May the best
'man' win.