Basics that they taught

Basics that they taught -
that life is a struggle
and we all come to make
this world a better place.
Did they teach us this for themselves?
For, we forgot
that life is all about living,
and not wars and power;
that life is all about giving,
and not capitalising and money.

But lost that we are
in this web of world -
a world that we didn't want to create,
but its creation we never debate,
a world where earning
makes you forget the joys of living,
and less we are giving,
more drinks brewing,
and lost we are about
things that come and go;
unaware of the patches
that need some sewing.

- Syed Rehan