Being humble

When the chips are down,

Life teaches you humility.

Be the best student you have ever been.

You are not always in control,
Of your actions and your breath.
Sometimes you just have to fold hands and wait,
Embrace hope and faith.

Being humble, heals broken faith,
A recent experience has taught me this.

When life is not what you want it to be,
And testing times lay tricky baits,

Just remember what this noble man sayeth,

Be humble, Have faith.

Winter

I am a man high on stuff usually,
Temperature fluctuations, I am oblivious of.
My body is always hot, insulated otherwise,
I am a man hot by nature, though I often cough.

Whether in presence of other warm bodies,
Or in solitude, without any human touch;
I live on like a roach, unperturbed,
Nothing really matters to me much.

But tonight, and I know why,
As chapters of my life, before me, unfold.
Even though a bottle of wine has already been downed,
For the first time in my life, I feel cold.