Oh Buddha! You found Nirvana,
You had everything you wanted,
Why then did you come back to human society?
Why didn't you stay where you found enlightenment? why?

Oh Ashoka! You were the dreaded one!
What brought about your change?
What did you see that moved you so?

And how come did the two of you found peace in Buddhism?
The individual lives of two very different princes found salvation in the same faith, how?

You found your salvation, yet you returned to this world again, why?
What made you come back stronger than ever?
What made you start again?

And what was the first thing you felt on coming to the rescue of the world?
Was it that you were too late to arrive?
Or was it that the world was still worth saving?

P.S. This is not a poem, per se, it's just a collection of thoughts of casual wonderment.
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