Defeated…

What is life? A growing ledger of what we lost?

We lost our innocence as we took that first step into ‘maturing’,
That all-too-important word life threw at us for safekeeping,
Which children are blissfully unaware of in their carefree ways and childish rows,
Tidbits from that chapter named childhood, some laughter, some mischief, forever stored…

And then the seasons run their course, the children grow
The sun steals a quick peek into their now matured hardened soul
Is their laughter now lined with grief, the rows with real fights?
Sometimes with the enemy outside, sometimes with friends within, shunning out the light

A sigh escapes the sun. The clouds shield her grief from the rest of us.
A tear is shed. Rains caress the sky and the earth.
And like the hand of a caring soul on our head,
Whispers, “Such is life. Stories run. From start to end.”

The Writer

A traveller through many a season
Have traversed roads, seen the close, the distant horizon
Some tucked-away dreams are my treasures
I delve into this trove when in distress or despair.
Don’t you too have a much-cherished list of “one-day-if”s
That distant dream, often far, but at times so within reach?
And then the day breaks and with it my fairy tale
Leaving behind the lovely feel of its happy trail.

This space is for those like me, so much yet unaccomplished,
To pen down some “what-if”s, those crazy wishes, some distant dreams.
Let our bedouin minds wander off all limitations
And the rush of the mountain stream wash away our inhibitions.

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