Page after page I turn back on my life And see each day has past no words to show, Robbed of are all of rivalries and strife On every recto and on every verso. No trace of tears, or bloodshed, or champagne Of joy, as I pore over, do appear -- All feats and defeats of my selfish campaign Are gone beneath the sheets' each rusty layer. If at all from the depth, spurt out big ones, Fear of death instantly sucks them down, Superfluous life of gain and self-indulgence As into vacuum of the void, does drown. I find in me no David or Goliath As slides the life into th' abyss of death. - N P SAMAL