We Are All Ostriches

D. Samarender Reddy

We all know
Only too well
How things can go wrong
A fetus being stillborn
A 25-year-old
Dying of a rare cancer
A 60-year-old
Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
An 80-year-old
With hip fracture
A 20-year-old
Becoming heartbroken
A 40-year-old dad
Dying in a car accident
A summa-cum-laude
Not admitted at Harvard
I think you get the picture
We know
How things can go wrong
Yet we cling to hope
Burying our head in sand
Like an ostrich.

Published by D. Samarender Reddy

Writer & Poet. Holds degrees in Medicine (MBBS) and Economics (MA, The Johns Hopkins University). Certified programmer. An avid reader. Worked in various capacities as a medical writer, copywriter, copyeditor, software programmer, newspaper columnist, and content writer. Philosophical in outlook. Check out my blog @ https://selfrealization.blog

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