Deep within

Pleasant requests with a smile
Is supposed to take you miles

While, on one hand, we strive to be simple and humble
People expect you to throw your weight and make them fumble

With current observations, one can tell
Neither are you important nor  is the matter critical, if you don't create a scene and yell.

It takes enormous efforts to simply be
Let your guard down, Unmask and live free

The motto of 'Live and let live'
Is now morphed and switched modes to being competitive and combative

Expecting others to understand, accommodate or change
Will be equally reciprocated in exchange

Adapt, move on or simply chin up and grin
In an environment so fragile,   answers lie only deep within

Don't Settle - Keep RISING

Rules and Laws are contextual
Hence by nature, not perpetual
Don’t settle; keep evolving

Society and rituals are founded on fear
Expectation to comply and to adhere
Don’t settle; keep challenging




“Settle” some do, too early for too little
Some die proving their mettle
Don’t fall for the trap, keep moving

For we are born to explore
To defy ourselves and reach out for more
Don’t settle; keep looking

Possibilities are infinite
Knowledge and Experience, finite
Don’t settle; keep growing

Upgrade, be a better version
Don’t settle; keep RISING