To be telemachelongated

 Epithets, Couplets, Sher, and Shayri

What I thought I had was never mine,

What I thought was gold was never mined

Realists see the world, pessimists can feel it

Idealists see it, feel it, change it, 

and that’s why they’re the realest

I’ve got a gold mine

I’ve got a bold mind

(Rewrite (Tuesday, Sept 17, 2024, 1:12 pm )?

I’ve got a bold mine,

I’ve got a gold mind

Be careful what you read

What you read become what you bleed

Words like buzzards, circling overhead

Pick apart the dream itself with everything that’s said

Talk in jokes if they can’t see the egg for its yoke (circa 2010-2015)

If you tread lightly, have them bespoke (Sep 17 2024 5:27 pm 2024)

Dragon hold its breath so long

Only knows breathe fire

Too much hope leaves you dragged across the globe

Not enough hope leaves you hanging from a rope

Prisoner of conscience

Fugitive of con science

The philosopher's stone is just a stone,

An elephant carved from camel bone

Who would Plato be if not for Socrates?

And who would Socrates be if not for Plato?

Koy bhi bhasha mai apna man ki baaton bata do duniya ko

Ek ke baad ek mehnat se Ek banao shuniya ko

Chalte chalte gully cricket ya maidan se captain ban

Aur bulo mat baag bageecha, kabhi bulo mat van

The universal, “It doesn’t matter!”

The response, “Ah, but the whole world is at stake”

The rebuttal, “Only your life is the world”

“Only the whole world is your life”