New Dawn! Poem by Umasree Raghunath

26 Nov 2024
New Dawn!
Mixed thoughts as the days dawn
Gratitude of the new morning sun
The life that greets with a smile
A day ahead and longer miles
Wishing a day of new hopes
And no physical pain to endure
The school of thoughts
That deemed to be positive lot
Change is the only constant thing
Pain or pleasure it may bring
Amidst the glittering sky-scrappers
Or the shadowing labour camps
The dashing infra of zooming cars
Or the back breaking work of blue collars
Spacious bunglows that sparkle
With tents crapped with workers
This contrast is obvious
Showing us the two sides of life
Neither here, nor there
Life of mine seem to be fair
Left behind a luxurious life
In search of inner peace
Traumatised with the long hours
Came in search of me time
Yet, the solitude is not giving peace
Heart is wanting to go back in piece
Grass is always greener on other side
Life's turbulences for ever on ride
I had the world on my stride
People who looked upon me as guide
Friends who kept me busy
Things that made me happy
Yet, life didn't give me calmness
That I always felt that I deserve
Now, in this sea of silence
I am longing for the noises of the ocean
Doctors said that I need rest
But being quite and still is a test
To the one who was a social butterfly
In silence, in solitude, I did cry
Being a widely people person
This life is a test for one reason
I had to choose, if I want to live
To slow down, to clam down
Movies, series, songs, I do try
But nothing seems to entertain
Prayers, dreams, vision I want to build
But nothing seems to guide
Crippled are my wings
With no freedom of speech
Crumbling is my inner self
In search of several unknowns
There is a fear, deep inside
Even, undefinable pain wide
People who look at my life
Want it to be there in mine
Life's major milestones achieved
Now to retire, rest and rejuvenate
Fame and name, I had it all
Despite health having its greatest fall
Money, wealth, it never mattered
Though my body got battered
Degrees and Diplomas, I earned many
In one stroke, forgot it all funny
Learning to me a continuous journey
Life's lessons best taught in agony
There can be no shortfall for success
Or the people admiring me in masses
I am not a celebrity, of some repute
But a social butterfly, in all its statute
Books and Poems, scribbled did I
Thoughts, that never stopped why
Always wanting life to overflow
Like a star in the sky ready to glow
Body ached and asked for stillness
Mind rushed behind severe restlessness
Soul was fluttering in unknown urge
Life's troubles rumbling amidst surges
A big fat income, a house I called my own
Cars to zoom around, friends to hang on
People to help me in my daily chores
Always checking on my welfare shores
Yet, one day I found life wanting change
The fear of past events resurfacing range
Decided to run away, far away to a desert land
Not thinking on my energy and mind
U Turn- a big one this time, I did take
Not sure of the life that is about to make
Closed my eyes, and left it to God
To let me take the decision on his behalf!
Once I found HIS direction, I had no choice
But to pack my bags and take it in recess
What may come, what may go!
No point in frowning or let go!
Regret to the decision we make
Will not change the realities to fake
Either you take life in your stride
Make it or break it, in your ride!

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