Easy

 

Easy

Living amid hardships,
it has been easier for me to live
because I do not know about a comfortable, luxurious life.


For ignorant, helpless, insignificant people like me too,
life becomes easier
when we do not know about a comfortable, luxurious life.


Even for the well-off and polished people,
life becomes easier
when there are many such ignorant people.


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