Who wants to lie idle
When you can be up and about
Who wants to close his ears
When melodious music abounds

Who wants to close his heart
When poetry is creating a rhythm
Who wants to close his mind
When realisation is dawning within

Who wants to be lonely
When aloneness gives a call
Who wants to be miserable
When joy surrounds us all

Who wants hatred
When love is easy to teach
Who wants destruction
When creation is within reach

Who wants to stop
When you can storm the bastion
Who wants an answer
When you can live with a question

Subir Chakraborty / 7th April 2018