The Sanyasi

They viewed with disdain

his red clothes and long dread locks

Is this salvation?

He rejected fame and wealth

to live in ashrams.

 

The world conjectured

about failed relationships,

professional setbacks,

not knowing what drove him there

what makes a man give it up?

 

And then, he returned

The search had still not ended

for peace, beyond all

people and surroundings.

Was it here, within himself?

 

What makes a person

push the envelope to end

the bonds that mattered,

relationships, kith and kin

all for a small piece of peace?

 

When does life seem

so devoid of meaning

full of emptiness?

Only a souls knows its own search

We are wired differently.

 

Inspired by Secretkeeper at

Weekly Writing Prompt -90

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