SUM TOTAL OF ONE’S EXISTENCE

POEM

Sitting by the side

of a calm and quiet pond

the transparency of

which could reflect

the blue sky up above

with no ripples whatsoever

to upset the calm and silent waters.  

I was enquiring myself

the sum total of my existence

on the face of the earth.

With no answer forthcoming

with despair and gloom in my eyes and face

I left the spot.

Wish I possessed

a device to measure the sum total of

my existence.

I am seated at a secluded place

where peace and tranquility reign  supreme.

But no my  inner self intervened

and whispered in my ears :

It is too early to

calculate the sum total of my existence

since it is not in my  domain

but in the hands of posterity

and that I should have

to traverse a long path

so as to enable the coming generation

to measure the sum total of my existence………