Cannot Be

Cannot reduce the glowing sun

Hold it in greedy hands

Stare at it with lusty eyes

Glower at the bright morning

Whilst feeling gloomy within

Alas! Feel helpless?

Become aware of human frailty

Glory and gratitude is truth

Insignificant facade across the earth

Cannot obliterate the truth

Embrace eternity?

The mirage of lies will vanish

Myriad desires like shifting sands

Erase all the untruths

~Amitav