Conundrum of Life

How preoccupied we are with the good and bad

That we forgot to live with what we had

Can we have some fun and live a full life

Or should we be busy in just avoiding strife

When is coffee in and when is alcohol out?

Is the dessert too sweet and we must do without?

Which tea should be a matter of taste

Rather than what latest ‘guru’ dictates

Have we lost our teeth so young

That praises of juices must be sung?

Which is a better juice, green or red?

Me! I rather be properly fed

In the latest news, fat is in and sugar is out

Blamed for obesity and soon to be taxed out

Eating fads come and go

According to which business is slow

People make money hand over fist

By picking our insecurities out of the mist

There is a pill for everything

And it is better for it packs more of everything!

Specialists come out of the woodwork

Telling me this, that and the other will work

Make you healthy, make you young

Make you pretty and less high strung

They tell you what to think and how to feel

Only you have to follow them is the deal

This herd mentality and mob behaviour

Being taught from childhood is not our saviour

We are divided by so much, caste, creed and religion

Not to mention the status, race and nation

Everyone is on social media hoping to get closer

But becoming more schadenfreude with every life’s loser

These is a loss of privacy at our own hands

When all our selfies and vids instantaneously hit the stands

The perspective of life has changed

Values and purposes have also changed

While progress is a must to evolve mankind

But when change is for sake of change, the word thoughtless comes to mind

Should technology rule our progress?

Will we evolve to higher beings through this progress?

Or are we losing the very qualities and skills that make us human?

And the eventual lack of these, making us subhuman

A worrying end if life is about survival of the fittest

Not many of us will pass the test

So let us reclaim out thoughts, values and individuality

Embrace our differences and love each other’s vitality

To live and let live should be our aim

So love laughter and joy all can claim