No such wealth



I shall desire no such wealth
Which may spread poison and spoil the health?
Not for person but in general order
With all kinds of enmity and bad odor

Today there is mad rush for car, luxury and great style
I shall prefer to go it alone meanwhile
I shall neither try for its accumulation
Nor chase it for more and more in addition

I want no suck power and knowledge
Where there is need to prove it on sharp edge
Where it is needed only for livelihood and show
I refuse to surrender to such means and forgo

But what shall can I do against compulsion?
There is utter failure and confusion
I can't live without friends and relatives
The social set up is necessary and everybody believes

I shall have to be among one
They are the part and parcel and closely known
I shall have no guts to tell them the reality
Else they may keep me way with no dignity

If this is called heaven on earth
I shall not consider it worth
But life is yet to be lived on
Friends and people are to be kept near and won

I can wage no more struggle
The path may be full of trouble
I shall think and live like ordinary citizen
“Not all the dreams can come true” even

You need fair means to pull along
For that you got to be right or wrong
Not everything comes so easily in desired way
Something is to be compromised and put away
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Submitted on May 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCDD XXEE DDXX DXFF GGXD HHDX IIJJ
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,268
Words 256
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Hasmukh Mehta

am an ex-serviceman from Indian Air force. I joined Oriental Insurance Company and retired from there too in May, 2007. I have been graduated from Punjab University. I hold technical qualification like Diploma in Radio/engineering .I have done English and Hindi stenography as well. I had mastered the art in Morse telephony too. I am associated with several welfare organizations and served long time as Union leader too. I am at present working as hobby writer. I write poems on various subjects and invite suggestions from all the quarters. I have written one memoir named “As I see it” and ready for publication. One interesting part of writing I would love to share with all my reader friends. I am not sure weather it may be the same case with all as I do not want to be caught in any controversy. When I sit on my personal computer, there is absolutely no thought in mind as to what is to be picked up as thought and written. These all things I leave it to the discretion of almighty to fill my mind with relevant ideas. So far I have been graced by Him and as result able to compose about 4000 poems. I have be awarded with 4 achievement award from the www.ezinearticles.com for successfully meeting with their standard. I am writing on many sites so as to be associated with reader friends all over the world. I am thankful to all those who have supported me in my initial days. more…

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