Why Only Me?

by Sony Dalia

As awards sailed my way, thrilled I was
when my speeches garnered applause
An orator par excellence, they said.
Bouquets, beauties, bed of roses!

Limousines, luminaries lined my path
meet, eat, drink, dance, days roll on,
whining never known, smiling my means
globetrotting so glorious, no time for dear ones!

Undulations, upheavals, shocks and blocks
source unknown, life turns sour
debility, delusion, declining state ---
troubles visit never alone, the bard sang right!

Place in multiverse never ignored,
font and faith ever intact ---
gloat not on podium, sink not in shame
HE chose me for all, then and now!

[For Arthur Ashe]

26-Nov-2012

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Comments on this Poem

Thanks dada, for your kind view.Regards.

Sony Dalia
27-Nov-2012 10:38 AM

So is our position- even few have that enjoyment but most can draw it out of life- good good

Aju Mukhopadhyay
27-Nov-2012 05:04 AM

Thanks for getting me right, friend.You observation motivates further.Best.

Sony Dalia
26-Nov-2012 12:18 PM

exemplary tribute to an exemplary person!

indira
26-Nov-2012 11:23 AM