Survival…

S K Iyer

In the garden of thoughts,
I came across a grasshopper,
Nature's tiny little creature,
Hopping in pursuit of survival.

Why does it live, a life of mere existence?
Why does it survive? 'Cause it is a reality?

On the day of its life's finale,
With nobody to mourn its death,
With no memorials, no prayers,
The poor soul would rest in peace.

From the boiling pot of emotion,
Originated a steam of passion,
Cooled by an air of imagination,
Crystallized drops of glassy thoughts,
Just to wither away in the heat of pathos.

Between the two extremes,
The fibril of life stretches,
Throughout the length, I hop,
From one place to another
in pursuit of survival.
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