Five Glorious Moments of Life

Let there be no lifelong pleasure

Of company in a life partnership

Let there be no moment of pleasure

Of the most beautiful companionship

What life wishes is happiness of love

Through symphony of twosome

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Life is not counted in years we live

Life is not counted by pleasures we get or give

But by richness of five moments of glory

In wholehearted company of someone

Remaining in mind as imperishable as ivory

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The first glorious moment in life that lingers

Is a toddler first step holding parents' finger

The joy is unparalleled of that moment

For both the toddler as well as the parent

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Second joyful moment is experienced

When the child scribes a line haphazard

On piece of paper holding pencil in hand

The moment marks the beginning

The child is made to find

Ways of the World civilized

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Third moment of such glory is the intrinsic act

When a boy and a girl have the first eye contact

With tenderness of love full of innocence

Not even knowing what love actually unfolds

Driven by an amazing urge of their souls

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 Fourth glorious moment arises from procreative instinct

When a person involves in sexual pleasure innately distinct

For the first time - touches, kisses and all like a bridge

That gets built in between them so naturally

With no prior knowledge, not even culturally  

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And the last fifth glorious moment may come

When two persons with knowledge and experience

Jump together in a pool of love in brilliance

With intentions of giving everything of their own

To enrichment of love in between, no seed sown

No string attached, no outcome feared

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