Sunday, May 14, 2006

Guilty Pleasures

Multiplexes, coffee shops,
Lounge bars, restaurant rooftops,
Designer labels and fancy fast cars,
All contribute to unblemished souls and zero battle scars.

Spa treatments, first class air tickets, a happening night life,
A rich, dashing husband and a trophy wife,
Even charity causes,
All meant to be flaunted,
Without a care in the world for the lesser privileged,
Or the simple things in life that we all take for granted.

New age spiritualism and yoga,
All filling the coffers of the likes of Deepak Chopra.
What will it take to set free,
The mind, the heart, the spirit, and the soul,
Will humankind ever be allowed a reprieve?

19 comments:

ritzkini said...

Mygawd ! Monday morning blues ??
:D

Kusum Rohra said...

hahah i don't belive this!! Monday Morning blues is what came to my mind too :O :O :O

Anonymous said...

did u mean roof top restaurants or restaunrant roof tops??? :D
nice post!

Anonymous said...

echuse the spelling!

qsg said...

Great post the chosen one! No wonder you are the chosen one! :p

Such is the plight of human kind - and has always been, this is our lot. :)

At the end of the day everyone has a choice to do what they want with their life - try to be a winner in the rat race or take the road less traveled! :)

Arrowhead said...

Would like to race on the road less travelled. Easy to condemn 'the lifestyle' factor but it requires a lot of resolve and belief to live the life. While one mulls over that, I'll have a capuccino on the rooftop...any rooftop. For that mater I'll have anything on the rooftop;-)

Just Jane said...

#Kini Saar & Kusum Dishoom,
Wrote that on Sunday evening!

#Nan,
Only English and Japanese are spoken in this okiya, not Nananese! :-) *gasp* did you pay me a compliment?? Thenkoo!

#gemini,
Thanks and that was profound. Yes, we must all make our choices sound! :P

#Arrowhead,
Nice twist to what Gemini said. I likes. Rooftops included! :-)

the_ego_has_landed said...

"Or the simple things in life that we all take for granted."

...so true,
meaningful poem:)altho did feel u tried to condense alot of things into a confined space...
like u had some word limit lol
but its nice anyhow:)

Abhinav Vinayakh Shankar said...

Woah !
All I can say is I'm impressed !

qsg said...

@arrowhead: There is nothing like a good or a bad lifestyle, or way of life. It's about doing what we believe in... :)

Unknown said...

nice un...
ur blog comes highly recomended by Kusum...

"the girl who ate everything and didnt even burp" said...

//Will humankind ever be allowed a reprieve?

seriously na? *sigh*

ps: came here from kusum's blog :)

R said...

What if there aren't any simpler things! :/

Nice lines!

Just Jane said...

#the ego,
Thanks...lol...it sounds like a limerick to me actually, without the smart ass comments ;-) Just wanted to keep it short and sweet, guess I succeeded in keeping it short! :-D

#Abhinav,
Thanks, you are very kind :-)

#Gemini,
That was simply superb! I'm lovin' it! :D

#Koutilya,
Welcome to Shades, Hues and Tints and thanks very much for all your comments :-) Must send some chocolates to Kusum ;-)

#sugar n spice,
Welcome here and Kusum gets some more chocs! :-)

#Rohit,
Welcome back, buddy, and thanks. There are simpler things, we've just forgotten where to look for them :-)

Kusum Rohra said...

Kusum still waiting for chocolates :/

Just Jane said...

#Kusum Dishoom,
Kahaan bhejoon chocs?? Aaj kal tu duniya darshan kar rahi hai na, isiliye thoda 'tem' lagega :D

Preethi said...

That was a good one.. By seeing the title I thought it was something similar to mine and Ipanema Girl's post.. but this is good...

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