Life's a Race

In this poem I've tried to highlight the parental pressure that students face these days to follow a certain career path. While my parents have been absolutely wonderful and have given me the freedom to pursue what I want, not all parents are the same. They, quite often, forget the child may have different aspirations. So here's hoping this poem helps change some parents' thinking atleast. ;) Happy Reading!

Life’s a Race

The melancholy musings render me numb,
Making me increasingly glum.
The time has come for separation,
Leaving the heart with no time for reparation.

Is it a norm of this world?
That we must disperse
Headlong into strange land, hurled
Pushed, pressured and shoved
To bring out your best
Caring not for health family and the rest.

Life is a race, we’ve all been taught
But to come to terms with it, easy it is naught.
This competitive world leaves us no choice
But we have to make ourselves heard, above the overpowering voice
Of society’s endless demands and pressures,
Leaving no time to pursue our passions and pleasures.

Society fails to understand,
Each one is different, each one grand;
With grander dreams and higher hopes,
Each with different ability and different scopes.

It’s never too late to do what you deem is right.
Follow your dreams, for them, fight!
For they and they alone
Can give you the happiness you forever seek.
They and they alone
Set you apart from the rest of your clique.

Oblivious to the world at large
Lost in your own dreamland,
You realise, what’s a dream and what’s a farce.
It is none other than ourselves that hold us back
From showing the world what we possess, not lack.

So take the initiative
Listen to your heart and go forth
Be wild, be different, be crazy, be creative;
With you dreams and aspirations, build a fort.

For this and this and this alone
Will set you apart;
It is this and this alone
Which will win you someone’s wonderful heart.