Do all things that happen to us,
Have an undiscovered reason behind them?
Or some things are just meant to be,
The way they are?
When a little child slips and falls while playing,
Does the reason behind him falling, ever bother him?
Or perhaps, when a man is fighting life's toughest battles,
Does he ever realise that these battles are meant for him,
To learn from his past mistakes and grow through the journey?
Are we really not thinking enough,
Or is it that we're just over analyzing?
Well, I'm not very certain,
For, I'm still a young learner,
Who is yet to unleash the concealed discoveries,
That Life has to offer!
All I know is every single step one takes ahead, counts!
Categories:
learnings, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Echummi was married
even before she learnt to
wear a saree
and when she did learn
she learnt to wear white
only white
and often when she passed a mirror
what she saw would chill her spine..
A shaven head, bare hands
and bare forehead
Oh! how she would have loved
to see colors..
A big red bindi, green bangles
a purple saree-
She was taught to drape herself
In a way she could hide her curves
And so Echummi learnt
to conceal her beauty,
to hide her youth
and to drown her verves
''Don't look at men ''she was warned,
And Echummi learnt
to curb her senses
and her impulses;
she learnt to stifle her
dreams and her sobs;
She learnt to sleep on hard floors
not yearn for a caress or a touch;
Echummi learnt to cook every dish
And to abstain from delicious food,
She learnt to be absent
on all auspicious occasions
and not cross the path
of propitious people,
She learnt to go unnoticed
unrecognized
like a shadow on the wall..
Unheard, unseen
sinking into oblivion..
Echummi learnt to die
even when she was alive!
Categories:
learnings, feelings, loss, solitude, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
A few Learnings .....
( Influenced by words of wisdom)
Domestic issues
shake the base of joyful life,
spoils family peace.
~X~X~X~
If one refrains to
say bad words about someone
own peace will prevail.
~X~X~X~
Why to take revenge?
Best course to keep safe distance,
avoid reaction.
~X~X~X~
Don't humiliate
She becomes ashamed, helpless;
No joy from such acts.
~X~X~X~
Helping once is good;
making one self-sufficient
is more important.
~X~X~X~
P K Roy
08/07/2019
Categories:
learnings, inspiration, wisdom,
Form: Senryu
Nature teaches us we should learn
Being calm and cool like nature
And express to others
That teachings of nature,
A plant is a member of nature
Fiowers bloom, fruits catch
Normally, as long as it lives
Offers the service,
The similarity between tree and human
Is seen from little to old
Flower to fruit
Then all die,
Like each tree each human can be
Blooming flowers
Spreading beauty and purity
Catching fruits, feeding others,
Thus the learnings from nature
Can relief unrestlessness
From chaotic hunan society
Then human can peacefully seek the psyche.
Categories:
learnings, fruit, peace,
Form: Free verse
Learnings
what books could not teach
read many faces from close
lessons of life learnt ...
Written Oct 10th, 2015
© Dr. Upma A. Sharma
Categories:
learnings, depression,
Form: Senryu