Rehab I

Rehab I

P K Routray

Remember I my early days

steal, lie and run we with craze

for noon, evening or midnight shows

to hall near or far with friends or foes

to witness films in black and white

to our thrill, excitement and delight,

screened in a hall with thatched roof

water dripping, hot, humid and not being sound proof

Many interruptions adding to the intermission

Still the film and the theme brought us jubilation.

The joy then as a teen ager I got, I compare it now

The pleasure and excitement in comparison is very very low

even in halls with facilities of seven star luxury

the need for live show or exotic theme is the present teen agers’ worry.

This addition of color robed the pleasure of black and white

raising the aspiration to unreachable and unacceptable height.

The more the materialistic achievements are made to gratify the desire

The worse becomes the frustration with wants spiraling higher.

The world today is laden by materialistic aspiration

spirituality is neglected and is almost forgotten

Desires and greed of senses rise and rise higher

Today a penny but tomorrow a diamond looks smaller.

Adding color, glamour to materials, there is no limit

to derange the man this materialistic approach is the culprit.

The resulting frustration and emotional failure wretches a man

He searches a rehab for peace but never gets in his life span.