Moment of madness

Birth is a moment

Death is a moment

Both significant moments

In between lives life

Life is very brief

Some is spent in routine

And some in leisure and sleep

The remaining is shorter still

There are some moments

Which shine, which thrill

But these are just a few

And far between

One moment is of madness

But it is larger than life

One takes the plunge

With everything  in his life

Whatever be the outcome

The life is indeed justified

Everyone wants to emulate

What these stalwarts do

But in their moment of madness

They  prefer to wait and brood

It is human madness

That makes the world

History would have been different

Had they not taken the plunge!