Chasing the "Old"

Myths,legends,legacies.
What are they?
but our past, a vivid image-
of our ancestral spirit.

We indulge in these spirits.
In sepia forms, fading away-
in the dark mists of heritage.
We chase them,like memories chase us.

Writhing in mere restlessness,
man follows his history.
He fights,strives and battles,
for a flickering mirage,his past.

Gandhi, Washington and Mr Clause.
Our ancestral idols they may be.
Politicization,ideals and fear,
is all that; there may ever be.