Dear life..
How thankful to you I am
That you have given me such bright canvas to
live in..
I could have been a bird- a tiger a plant or an ant
But thank you so much for making me a human
As human
I crawled, took baby steps and toddled my way
as a baby,
walked, slipped, fell and ran as a child,
jumped,
swam and trotted as an adolescent,
flew as a teenager
And now as an adult
I take meaningful deliberate and purposeful
steps…
I can feel the gravity below my feet
Strangely- I realized the value of gravity only
as an adult !
All those years as a child, my parents were my
gravity
They were my solar system
I began to break away from the pull-
I lost my bearings-
Suddenly I was in space- allowed every element
to pull me
Friends..movies..fun..games
Pulled me in all directions..
I swayed and swam –never finding a shore-
I got the signals from parents and teachers-
cautioning me
But I disconnected the radar
Cause I thought they were intruders from
another planet
My universe was different
Their rhetoric was inconvenient
– don’t waste time-is all they would say
I could never fathom-
there are so many hours and days
and months and years in life..
so what is there to waste ?
I lived in the myth that time is forever
And that ..what mattered most was the present-
I didn’t know what was future tense- or past
tense
It was all present tense- I could not see
beyond the next minute
When my friend befriended another classmate-
it felt like my world crashed
When I was barred from watching TV- it felt like my world crashed
I felt betrayed by my own parents
Books felt tasteless- exams felt bitter
Results like bullets
And parents were like machine guns
Advice sounded like bells from hell
Heavenly relief came through calls from friends
Wanted to migrate to another planet
where there is no gravitational pull from
parents or from mundane things in life- like studies !
I dwelled in a planet without gravity
Dear life…
Today as I stand on my two feet- feeling the
magic of gravity- and enjoying the beauty of life-
I am no longer in that myth-that time is
forever
I am already living in that future tense
which confused me years ago
which confused me years ago
My past tense is my childhood now
And in my present tense I see the canvas of
life
I am content with the colours in my life sketch
I have no regrets and no guilt -
But I wish it was more vibrant
But I wish it was more vibrant
I wish in the past tense of my life-
I read more, I studied more, and used my mind
more..
I wish I was less emotional about my
friendships and more connected to myself
I wish I laughed as much with my parents as I
did with my friends
I wish I watched those sparrows more
and tracked the butterfly’s route
and tracked the butterfly’s route
But one thing I am sure…
I am not wishing to be a child once again
I am not wishing to be a child once again
But I only wish I knew the value of time then
I only wish I knew who I was then
What my eyes could see, what my heart could
feel,
what my mind could think, what my hands could do…
What I am capable of !what my mind could think, what my hands could do…
I just got carried away- never tried to explore
myself-
It was always somebody-something-somewhere
You dear life- make every stage worth its while
I don’t believe in that clichéd statement-
childhood will not come back again-
In fact nothing comes back again..
childhood will not come back again-
In fact nothing comes back again..
Neither this adulthood, nor that infancy-
not even that old age will come back again
not even that old age will come back again
Each stage is to be lived with due respect to
life
As I am getting more experienced with life
One thing I realize -
As a child we cannot live the life of an adult
As a child we cannot live the life of an adult
As an adult we cannot live the life of a child
My grandmother said once—
I know that I can never be young again
I know that I can never be young again
But there is one thing we can do irrespective of what stage
we are living in..child teenager or adult
we are living in..child teenager or adult
We can be connected to ourselves
and then try to connect to the world
and then try to connect to the world
We can be happy with ourselves-
then the entire world seems to be happy with us
then the entire world seems to be happy with us
Dear life
-
You have given us colours
- A canvas
And if are clear about what we want -
We can pick up the right brushes
We can pick up the right brushes
Mix the right shades
and
Our
life can be the best painting ever done
Dear life thank you once again for showing me
the beauty of life as a baby
as a child
as an adolescent
and as an adult
And most of all for helping me see the value of gravity as never before
4 comments:
Good day
This is awesome I wonder how you think differently from others no doubt You have expounded a philosophy of life and now that I understand how super achiever thinks over a period and that how you develop a gorgeous respect for the time.I liked the way you connected Gravity and Solar System, correlated with the facts of your life.You made a difference for more than thousand people around you the resilience you show and the perseverance in your thoughts amazing.You are the one who added colours in my life too.The spark and the inbuilt qualities may it be reading,writing,speaking,tackling,handling,leading or managing you are a gifted person you can become an author and paint your as well as others life too of course I liked "Exam like guns,Result like bullets,parents like machines guns"...I liked your creativity. Devi Rao.
Well said..
I think your experiences made you a great PHILOSOPHER.....
enjoying every movement of life and respecting every age is what the new perception in the poem which I liked it very much .....
Nothing ever comes back again reminded me that real meaning of my life...
I feel very happy that Iam doing my journey with a Philosopher ...
What a person you are Madam, wonderful. I experianced a heartful happiness , Its fact its reality NOTHING EVER COMES BACK, I dont know how to express my feelings Salute Sithaji....
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