Disparity

Disparity

P K Routry

At a posh hospital one sees the light of the day

The other is born in thatched house of straw and clay

Both survive to thrive

whatever they are destined to achieve.

In an elite private school one takes admission

for a degree he spends a fortune on education.

The other gets admitted in a low cost school

to them the degree is the same, to future a stepping stool

Sleeps one on a cozy, comfortable bed for a night’s rest

the other on hard floor enjoys the sleep the best

one eats hamburger and tuna fish with coat and tie

with a scanty meal, of starvation the other does not die

One puts on the costliest garment of style to impress

To cover up his nakedness the other puts on a simples dress

one moves on luxury cars driven by a chauffeur

the other uses the public transport with minimum expenditure

but both covers the same distance for their destination

the possession of car on the distance has no contribution.

The disparity thus enumerated has least contribution

on health and happiness of a man which are his own creation.

Disparities can be a million

But its impact on a man is his creation

Man is too mall a creature

to opine on disparity’s true picture.

Happiness is not having what you love

But happiness is loving what comes from the above.