The ever elusive life

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While I search the meaning of life .....I have this feeling that it is passing me by ..

In the gilded cage my days failed to remain
All those colourful days of mine
They couldn't endure the burden of tears and joy
All those colourful days of mine
I had hoped they would learn –
The notes of my heart's melody
But they disappeared leaving so much unsaid –
All the colourful days of mine
I dream, as if with great yearning
They roam around the cage of mine –
All those colourful days of mine
All this pain – are they futile
Are they just flights of fancy
Will nothing linger ever in the sky
All those colourful days of mine.

~ Tagore translated by Ratna De