The Life You've Been Sold

Stand on the threshold,
Between past unfurled
And future untold,
Sipping your Darjeeling,
Quietly accepting your life,
This one you've been sold.

Mind Set in a mould;
You think of life's meaning
Without living nor seeing
Base it on all you've been told
And all that drivel's just cold
Pathetic life you've been sold!

Mixing with many a friend,
To empty conversation
Your humble opinion lend,
Passion about nothing more
Than health, wealth and fashion
Was it dear this life you've been sold?

Self-discovery is nothing more
Than a course you've been sold
With a religeous passion
Someone's principles you make your own
You've never once felt this bold
In this your life you've been sold.

When you look back
At all these years soon passed
And realise depth-wise,
You have so very much less
Than the blurb of a centerfold
Is this the life you've been sold?

Perhaps at that time
You'll ask yourself
If you're nothing more
Than a trophy on a shelf
Finally then you'll kick yourself
For buying this life you've been sold!!!

                                                                        by Yudisthra G