Ah....Forget It

It is mind boggling to see
How some people have sincere desire

To get to point D from point A without
First going through points B and C

Like wanting to get to the top of mountain
But don't want to hike

Or how they want to become a doctor
But they don't want to go to school

Or want to earn a lot of money
But don't want to work

And want to live in a clean house
But don't want to clean

It just will not work that way
Wanting something for nothing

But they sure will tell you
How much they wish such and such

But don't want to go through the process
As if their inability to skip points B and C

Is good enough excuse to give up D
Like someone at the base of the mountain

Upon seeing the summit saying
Ah....forget it

And walking away before
Even taking one step forward

Stupid Past Moments

People love to laugh at other people
Whenever someone does something
Really stupid or embarrassing
They love to point it out and laugh

The main impulse to laughter being
Expression of their happiness in witnessing
Someone else doing something stupid
That they themselves have done in the past

Or something similarly stupid
But no one knows about
At least not anyone they know
And will keep it that way

So at seeing someone doing something
Really stupid and embarrassing
Most people react by laughter
A direct expression of their happiness

In essence being able to finally
Let go of their embarrassing
Stupid past moments
And move on

The True AI

These days a week does not go by
Without hearing something related to
Artificial Intelligence

How it is going to change the way
All things are done
From transportation to medicine

AI is referred to as some higher being
Another grand achievement
Independent thinking machine

When it actually is nothing more
Than bunch of codes and algorithms
Incapable of doing anything beyond
What it is written in the code

But people talk of it as if this AI
Can think for itself
Formulate and create new information
Like a human in the machine form

Just ludicrous
AI this AI that AI AI
Like the new dish chef created
Will start serving customers

Like C3PO or R2D2
Too many sci-fi movies perhaps

With the definition of intelligence
Brought down to mere codes and algorithms
Lacking emotion
The ability to dream and appreciate

To hope and love and long for
The beauty and affection

But then again
What are humans of modern society
With artificial love and affection
With constant calculation

What are we but
The true AI
 

And Passing By What Is Real

Not many things truly are

What it appears to be on the outside

Even the diamond

Maybe a Cubic Zirconia

Gold bar

Perhaps gold plated

An appetizing dish

May not be so fresh

But few ever considers

Even contemplates the possibility

That what lies inside may

Truly be much better than outside

Like a dirty diamond

Hiding the genuine identity

What appears gold plated

Is truly solid gold

And the dish that is inconspicuous

Is indeed delicious

Almost all drawn to the fake 

That appears real

And passing by what is real

Judging it is not

To The Promised Land

What is life of a man
But a journey out of Egypt
To the promised land

But not allowed to enter

Having strayed off the map
To die in the desert wandering

While the next generation
The newborn generation
Enters the promised land

What is life of a Christian
But a journey out of Egypt
To the promised land

And enters

Being born again
By the grace of God