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Summary of Question:	A Poem
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Tuesday, 2/11/2003 8:52 AM MST

WJKK WJKF!! I wrote a poem for all the people who visit the site and wonder why people follow Waheguru. This si just my angle :)

Why I am the way I am.

People ask me why I live this way. I thought long and hard but I couldn’t answer it? It was natural. I had no other option, this was it. Without this life style who would I resolve all my problems with, who would I wake too and who would I praise? Who would I remember day and night, who would I sleep too and who would I live up to? Who would I thank for my life and who else would I see in all? Who would I cry too? How could I wake and not think of it, how could I take each breath and not thank it, how could I eat and not appreciate it? How could I meditate and reach a state of bliss without it, all day I would roam as if brain dead, my life would be no more relevant then dogs. I would only eat, sleep and drink. How scary. What would I do? What would be my motivation? O God why have you placed me above the drunken prostitute who sits on the floor of a subway crying? O Lord why have you placed me on my feet and above the vagabond who sit in the cold? Why have you given me such an understanding that with nothing I have achieved everything? How scary are these thoughts! Like a dog chasing its tail all my works would be of what use? I have seen men live vast lives and I have seen animals live longer, they carry out their roles then depart but to run the universe one must live forever and one must live beyond my life time and further another million! I could put all my trust in someone but they too will also die and then who would I beg to? I could put all my trust in myself but I too rot slowly. Everything I can think of is slowly perishing. Who will we beg to in a thousand years? The lord must be the same from the beginning to the future. If I can tell the Hindu Pundit he is correct, if I can smile at the Muslim and say you too are correct, if I can play with the atheist and accept him with love them why can’t they return my affection? Now you tell me who is at peace?

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Sat Siri Akal.

WOW! What a great poem. Thank you for sharing this with the sangat.

GPK