Man has been a subject to igno rance for eons And his ignorance is m ore often driven by his vanity. Everyone tries to be superior to the other And this desire is the root cause of all disdain. Our material pursuits Make it overwhelmingly difficult To realise the true essence of life. We fail to contemplate upon our actions And end up in our foolish pretensions Of worldly possessions. This world of illusions And wretched deceptions, Compel our innocent souls To enter upon several delusions And get entangled in this web Of desire and consequential vicious cycle. We tend to ignore the very voice Of our beneficent conscience. Silence follows the benignant beckoning. The silence denotes the very presence Of an ignorant self and self-proclaimed notions About one’s thoughts, ideas, and emotions. The husky fiend shrouds the truth And enters upon as a friend To play gimmickry with our ignorant self. But your inner soul doesn’t leave you It s