Enlightenment

By Anirudh Chopra

All hail the virtuous king with the graceful smile and a blissful charm, his aspirations absolute and his persona kind his mighty reign couldn't be so fine.

With his grumpy wife and an endearing son blithe and untroubled he went outside, to the greater world with a greater smile only to find himself wailing inside.

The prolonged war his people fought, left nothing but smithereens.

Starving children begging for fiver, rotting corpses with gasping liver.

Distraught and frightened he left his reign, to the Bodhi tree with a clear mind. His only goal was to abstain himself from the life he lived in the wondrous shrine.

All hail the virtuous king with the graceful smile and the enormous fame.

His teachings divine and motive sharp, Siddhartha was his name.

By Anirudh Chopra