LIFE AND ITS LESSONS

 All the facets of life are made up of sugar and spice,

That is what makes it so well balanced and bountiful.

There also prevails in it, a constant element of surprise,

That is what makes life so interesting and beautiful!

Along with happy moments spent with our loved ones,

Misgivings and misunderstandings are also a crucial part.

Forgiving and forgetting and making up with your dear ones,

Brings you closer than ever before and cleanses your heart.

Laughter and tears too are two sides of the same coin of life,

Tears wash the excruciating pain and laughter dissolves grief.

A kind word brings hope in a hopeless situation full of strife,

And bitter words rob you of your peace of mind like a thief.

 Moments of faith and belief also alternate with lack of trust,

One moment you feel strong and the next moment defeated.

While weak moments help you muster strength and courage,

Strength can also tend to make you arrogant and conceited.

Birth is always celebrated whereas death is often condemned,

Both these prime life events seem to be each another’s quotient.   

Life seems so very real at times and at times only a mere illusion,

Both the feelings seem true at that particular time and moment.

In all its myriad sugary and spicy ways, life has a mystical charm,

It makes an excellent tutor, teaching us great lessons each day.

The good and bad sides of each facet during the journey of life,

Makes it so enticing and intriguing,helping us evolve all the way.

REALITY OR ILLUSION?

There is a very thin dividing line between reality and illusion,

One moment you feel the intensity of a feeling or emotion,

The next moment you end up in a state of sheer confusion,

And which is the real emotion, becomes the obvious question?

No doubt, one has to have firm faith, belief, love and devotion,

To develop, nurture and cherish each and every close relation.

Still inspite of doing your best, as per the need of the situation,

You tend to lose faith and seem to end up in sheer frustration!

Sometimes, even in a seemingly state of great peace and perfection,

You are left with an empty feeling, on going through introspection.

No matter how much you care for someone and pour your affection,

You may not build good relationships even after years of association.

That does not mean life is all bad and holds for you not much attraction,

It does have a fair share of many great moments of joy and jubilation.

Only, happiness is like a bubble that bursts soon after it’s formation,

Yet never ceases to hold for you an awesome feeling of fascination.

 A complete stranger could at times offer you comfort and consolation,

 And you could be together for long, yet may be leading a life of isolation.

A moment may feel like eternity and a lifetime just a figment of imagination,

That is precisely why I  often feel life seems less real and more of an illusion.

MOTHER NATURE

Days turn into nights and nights into days, with regular rotation and precision,

Bringing in fresh desires and dreams, recharging you with renewed vigour.

Pain and gain, sunshine and rain, shades of all kinds of passion and emotion,

Bringing in serenity and tranquility in our lives, mother nature is a true giver.

All the quivers and shivers experienced during the freezing winter days,

 Are soon forgotten with the fragrance and freshness of the Spring Season.

All the nicks and pricks that pained you during the scorching summer days.

Are easily forgiven with the relief and respite brought  by the Rainy Season.

Sunrises and sunsets fill up the sky and earth with brilliant and radiant hues,

Calming your senses and slowing down your life full of hurries and scurries.

Blossoms and blooms  all around us, viridescence and fluorescence infuse ,

Pleasing your aesthetic senses and pushing aside all your worries and querries.

Simply sitting and staring at the sparkling waves  on the riverside and sea side,

Makes you connect and communicate with the universe and your inner being.

Driving down a twisting and turning road with rows of tall trees on either side,

Makes you just love  mother nature with it’s pure and  pristine beauty and being.