Tell me God!

You say our very desires enslave us

I can see how that is true,

The mind that’s chasing sense objects

Has no time to reflect on You.

One desire fulfilled leads to another

Till anger arises for a desire unmet,

I know there cant be a happy ending to this

But my mind to linger and wander I let.

Pray tell me why You have made us so

To get attracted to what destroys us,

If You love us, then why not make us simple

Why all these wants, why all this fuss.

Why gift a reckless and untamed mind

Then tell us, ‘you ought to control it’,

Some of us here don’t have a clue

How to control the mind and keep it fit.

Sometimes its like an endless game

I’m both a player and uncomprehending spectator,

You set the rules, You set me on the field

And then accompanied me as my mentor.

I almost feel I had no choice

About whether I want to play in Your field,

You say it is all ‘cause and effect’

And what we sowed, determines our yield.

The catch is I don’t remember choosing

I don’t remember what seeds I sowed,

I don’t remember why I decided to farm

Or which acres of land I ploughed.

Don’t mind, maybe I’m being to naïve

But your plot seems somewhat cruel to me,

Not just cruel, but also meaningless

Maybe your idea I just cant see.

Why have a life with swings and turns

In a vehicle that’s always enticing me to stray,

With the only sensible option left

To some how inch on along the way.

Tell me, tell me, what do I do

Ah I hear your voice once more today,

What I see in you, depends on the things

I myself think, do , and say.

Maybe I see a cruel and meaningless plot

Because that’s how I treat my fellowmen,

I need to act in a way that I consider right,

Before I can point my finger at You