When you realized the
world around you
When awareness dawned
of all that exists
Right then you were
made to think
That differences
between each persists
Differences you could
see for yourselves
Appreciate the
variety warts-and-all
But then you were
made to think again
Draw two boxes and
divide them all
Everything should be
always good or bad
Or swing between
being better and best
And the thought got ingrained
deep within
Never see a thing
without the comparing test
When young it was marks
in the school
It was about the
better water bottle
The cars in which
your friends arrived
The rat race induced
to prove your mettle
The career neighbor
chose for his son
Proved a thorn in
your and parents flesh
The hunt for college
pushed into a hallway
No scope of turning
back starting afresh
The grass got more greener
on other side
When your friend drew
home a fatter salary
You felt jealous for
you started together
Unmindful how has
been his life’s vagary
By the time you got
in the quicksand
Mired in thoughts
that compared everything
Life would take a
full circle with your kids
Whose thoughts on
anything is nothing
But you wouldn’t stop
there for a while
Think and reflect on
your journey
For you will make the
toddler think
That not comparing
things is a felony
Take a while and
pause and think
No two lives are same
Then why compare on
each yardstick
Why take part in such
a game
A vicious circle we
get into thus
Although aware at its
utter futility
Breeding comparison
at each step in life
Mars life’s purpose
and its utility
The more you do it,
greater the discontent
It Undermines your
true potential
Don’t look at others,
peep deep within
Cant you see you are
so very special!
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