DESIRE
It
seems the same old story,
passed
down on through the ages;
We
remain slaves to our desires,
despite the
warnings of the sages.
Desire
is the seed of pain,
attachment,
covet, want;
Suffering
will certainly follow,
Desire's
karmic plot.
Want
not, and one need not pay,
but
want, and the cost is high;
Desire
keeps us deep in debt,
as
life passes by.
But
to be human is to want,
all
human's have desire;
Everyone
is selfish,
on
this earthy mire.
Even
happiness, the final good,
seems a fantasy we
can't attain;
We
are bound to suffer as we are human,
to be
alive, means living pain.