EXISTENTIAL MUSINGS

Umpteen are your definitions.
Great men down to ordinary mortals.
'You are a boon to us'-
Many call you in unison,
harmony to be more exact
Handed over on a platter
By whom?
Interpretations though different
Like your umpteen manifestations.
.......Theatre of the Absurd,
.......meaningless, colourless, absurd,
.......For many.
.......No meaning, whatsoever,
.......an exercise in absurdity.
.......Fatal attractions towards suicides.
Umpteen are your definitions,
manifestations too umpteen.
Bundle of burdens
on the shoulders to many,
poverty,
diseases,
starvation,
Umpteen the list.
But their zest,
their thirst,
fascination,
attraction,
towards you-
heart-rending though.
.....Elusive you remain,
.....Like a 'search,
.....in thick darkness'
.....and mistaking a rope
.....for the serpent.
.....An unending search,
.....An ongoing one,
.....since time immemorial.
.....For the Absolute Truth.
.....Umpteen your definitions
.....manifestations too umpteen,
.....An illusion?
.....Maya?