The Why

"Why we fear demons,
And why we criticize Gods?

Why we paint the walls, which divide our minds,
And why we hallucinate, the doors that can join us?

Why we support and follow the verified Villains,
And why we never instigate the anonymous heroes?

Why we feel happy, albeit unsatisfied,
And why we feel sad, though contented?

Why are we alone, in the endless spaces,
And why we get attended in the narrow rooms?

Why we breathe in the polluting prejudices,
And why we filter out the remedial truths?

Why we sleep in peace, even when there is no good tomorrow,
And why we festive tonight, even when there is a bad today?

Why we listen better to the hissing of serpents,
And why we go deaf for barking dogs?

Why we survive for nothing in daylights,
And why we worry burning the midnight lamps?

But why are we not the way we should be,
And why we live such a thoughtless life? "

-Aroon Che