Laughter Lost

8 billion people, 8 billion lives
dirty streets and dirty lies
8 billion hearts, 8 billion minds
infinite space- infinite time
I reached for the secret too soon
and so high was I
But chasing a high forever I will
And lost in the world I find myself still,
I thought I'd learn't my way to maturity,
Touched by the dirty hand of the real world in my youth;
I melted into a mold as if I belonged to the crusted factories
That were yielded by the industrial generation.

The sun was my father in my early years
And the moon was my mother,
The stars were my sisters
and the Earth- my brother.
Then one day I had eaten the fruit
And my quest to know took me deep to the roots;
I touched the female body, and the female body touched mine-
I inhaled different smokes, different drinks, and different wines
I've laughed, I've cried, I've cheated- I've lied;
What a crazy world, what a crazy ride.

My soul was born as a golden sphere
and my heart was fire, my eyes were clear-
But the ladders of learning hung above my being,
And the temptation of knowledge was forever gleaming.
But predicament I had come to see,
For the rote system was no place for me;
So I cheated the system, and up the ladders I climbed,
Which started my life for the very first time.
Experience became my teacher,
And regret became my preacher-
I was a little kid in a big candy shop,
My eyes had lost their innocence
And my jaw had dropped.