Who Are You &Why Are You Here?

One day when life was full of peace

My mentor said something to tease
Who are you? Why are you here?
What is your life's purpose, my dear?
Are you going to just float and die?
Or find out who you are and why?
Are you the body? Are you the mind?
Go on a quest the truth to find

Questions made me start my search
I went to the temple, mosque, and church
Who was God and where was He?
Where could heaven and hell be?
How was I born? What caused this 'I'?
What will happen after I die?
I started my quest to Find the truth
I would not stop till I get to the root

Every religion said the truth is mine

Each scripture said its version was fine
Don't murder, don't steal, don't have wine

Rituals were plenty to live and dine
But nobody talked of the truth
Nobody had found out the real brute
The enemy was none else than our mind
Where it is - you cannot find

Although you know, you do not know

Whatever you see, you cannot be
The truth is staring at your face
But you are busy in the world's race
Who am I, you do not know
The ego seems to steal the show
We are slaves of desire and lust
What is the myth, we do not bust

We live, we die, don't find out why

We just cry when we see someone die
Who made this earth? Who made this sky?
Who made you? And who made 'I'?
We believe in the lie we don't ask why
Whatever we are told, we just buy
We fret and fume through life and sigh
The truth passes by, we let it fly