Entangled

A confused mind was lost in the woods. 

It was seeking the ultimate truth.

He asked the monkey swingin by the tree.

“Have you found the ultimate truth?”

The monkey giggled and said unabashedly, 

“Yes I have..., it is further deep in the woods”,

The peacock below the tree rattled its tail, 

and said “No no, it is right here in my gorgeous feathers”! 

The confused mind went deep into the forest.

It was dense, dark and shuddery, 

so the confused mind fleed the woods.

There was a breeze of solace, there was a fragrance of freedom. 

But it was a confused mind so it got lost in the woods!

The confused mind asked the ecstatic fluttering butterfly,

“Have you found the ultimate truth?”. 

The butterfly said “Yes I have, it is in the cocoon I built.”

The sparrow above chirped and said

 “No no, it is in the vastness of the sky.”

The confused mind decided to build a cocoon.

A cocoon with great foundation and vibrance,

But above all a cocoon of its own!

A breeze of wisdom passed and it realised, 

And so it fled the woods,

There was a breeze of solace, there was a fragrance of freedom. 

But it was a confused mind so it got lost in the woods!

~Manoj Kelath