In my past years
  too much anger I expressed
  I've learnt through tears
  its futility---my heart is now at rest--

  I was not born
  the world to reform
  myself I tutored--gone
  is the rancour-- on the platform

of tranquility and humility I stand
by others' words or deeds I'm unfazed
at life's very twist and bend
in no acrimony should I be placed--

the world was not created for my sake
from fate I don't make any claim
only what belongs to me I gratefully take
life I should live without suffering shame.

* inspired by a conversation I had with friends this morning in Melbourne

completed at 4 pm today --26th Dec 2017--Melbourne time