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Tuesday, 8 May 2012


Two old questions

For days I have travelled on the face of earth,
With two questions plaguing my mind;
On a beautiful day in my youthful guilessness,
When the dawn of knowledge,
had still not removed the veil of ignorance;
I had asked it to his omniscience.
who am I? and for what purpose I am here?
‘Seek and ye shall find’ was his only answer.
So as days become months and months turned to years
I kept searching for the answer everywhere
I played the role of child, husband and father
Each time trying to find the true answer
I assumed my duty was to perform those roles
But when I looked around, I found everybody doing those
And so I have kept searching over the years…
To find answers to the questions I asked in my tender years.
Even now as the curtain on my life is about to descent;
I ask the same questions again to the omniscient…
Who am I? and for what purpose I am here?
Who knows if I will get my answer before my act is over……

 -Debabrata Banerjee

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