So who has the better life

So who has the better life?
I rode in the rain yesterday
And I smiled and laughed all the way
Happy to be singing in the rain
Unlike all the other travelers
Who were frowning and fuming
At the water drops falling on their faces
So who has the better life?
I rode in leisure at the night
My co-travelers were
The bats and the fireflies
Who too didn’t have to report in time
To their spouses or parents
Neither did me
So who has the better life?
I didn’t have any money in my pocket
But neither did I owe to any
So I didn’t have to worry
About the dark night ahead
Or the long day tomorrow
I felt as light as a bird
So who has the better life?
I didn’t have to see her sullen face
Or bother to explain my delay to her
Since there is no her at all
So who has the better life?

A Poem

A poem I saw
But never read

A poem I heard
But never said

I can only remember
That I forgot it

It comes back to haunt me
From the future

Where I laid it to rest
But never dead.