OH, PLEASE DO NOT (A POEM)

OH, PLEASE DO NOT……………. (A POEM)

Oh, please do not reduce life to a statistics

Do not measure success by things done,

Or measure failure by things not done,

Or by opportunities lost in enriching your coffers.

Measure life by sunsets seen and shared,

Raindrops that gladdened and revived your spirits,

By the smiles you evoked by your humor

And the hearts you filled with hope.

Recall the songs you’ve sung silently with great masters,

The books you have read and the values imbibed,

The Ocean waves seen on the misty shores of consciousness

Recreated through songs and poems.

So, my son, you are rich beyond measure

Than all the Czars of Commerce

Though you walk in the cold chill,

Rubbing shoulders with the common.

You have lived and not flaunted

What after all are mere Statistics

That the world runs after time and again

Those worthless baubles of insignificance.