JUST AS A FISH CANNOT BECOME A BIRD (A POEM)

Just as a fish cannot become a bird

In its lifetime by converting fins to wings,

A man cannot become someone else

By wishful thinking and dreaming!

Seldom people ever change totally

Even if they appear to have re-formed.

A man may change his environment,

Life style, station and circumstances –

And yet at will cannot transmogrify

As he wishes to in a long lifespan,

Which is why those that look changed

Remain in their core the same old selves!

A change has to be in unity and continuity

To be one of significance and substance.

That happens when the moon rains frogs!

No wonder then we have only a few sages!