CORRUPTION

To the humanity I am the biggest curse
I spread faster than any plague or virus
But anyway I ain't the one that's faulty
Cause you see- Man has only made me

I am fastening my steps, extending my approach
Be it a government employee or a celebrity, everyone I coach
I also solve the state affair as I reach the politicians
You may condemn me socially, but deeply I'll seek your appreciation

Perhaps I am a dirty word that one avoids to use
But I am widely practiced leaving no dues
I alter the judgment from bailiff in the court
I am the reason for polluting the sports

Although I am the reason for killing the spirit of any sport
But I compensate giving rise to many new games...
Sailing with flow in the boat
I am a gamer, I am a gambler
I bait you and I am your preacher

I will greet you even if you plan for higher studies
I will let in there with you, the dirty and the rowdies
I am a short cut method that glitters and attracts
I compromise poor and talented for the rich brats

 
And politicians and sportsmen are just to name a few
Though hidden, but even the common man is on the move
Cause conviction and victimization are the two faces
of the same coin..
Though heading in different directions but competing in same races

I am accused and always on the target
Yet never charged and always put on wait
I move on accelerating through new and a different way
I may land you somewhere, that resembles your goal...
But its apparent and from the real one that's far away

I may take long to be exposed and come in light
And many a times I remain uncovered even at infinite heights
I do harm many but that ain't my concern
Those who apply me assuming an ointment
Beware that I may heel at an instant
But finally I will have to burn

Cause I extend beyond the infinities
I have no peaks and no fixed ways
And the one you are playing your pranks on
May overtake you through a different way(ha ha)

APPARENT SUCCESS

I am climbing a new height everyday
Getting close to the stars, befriending a few
Shall be shaking hands in a day or two
Almost touching the sky; so close
The one I used to interact with during the summer nights
Laying in the open space, counting the stars and their heights
All figure it out to be my destiny
But none cares to justify

In my child days, I climbed up stairs
After resting for a while jumped from there
Many times, got it right, aroused confidence in me
While few times, disbalanced;
Broke my knee, yet never weep
Muddy hands, washed them up
Laughed and delighted, again marched up
Looking at past, I always smile
But never a moment when laughter strikes

Cause I didn't want to fly in air, just swim in sea
Birds are less trustworthy than fishes underneath
Though birds fly high in air, but not persistently
And may come to rest on ground, eventually
Unlike the fishes that never abandon the ocean around
So, I prefer drowning to fall on ground
Also that it bears a lesser impact and
Always probable to locate an island nearby
Better to be on surface than draping so high

Maybe to the world, I stand as a trademark of success
But I am no merchant, so unaware with my own business
Scanning my soul, detected a deep void
Echoing aloud the pebbles, few heard, didn't get into deep
Said was narrating the story of my steps to glory
Far away from poetry, still trying to rhyme today
Never alerted my conscience, burned my soul deep inside
Guess that is enough on my part now to confess
I am a failure of time, perhaps